Word: iraq
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...recent commotion about the possibility of bombing Iraq calls for a reasoned examination of objectives and tactics. A consideration of America's stated goals in Iraq specifically and the Middle East generally reveals that these objectives are best achieved by means other than bombing and engaging in mass destruction. Bombing Iraq is hardly the most effective measure and serves only to exacerbate instability in the region and fuel growing resentment against...
...chief objective in Iraq is to facilitate United Nations' arms inspections, bombing the country is not the most sensible approach. The Hussein regime has allowed some U.N. weapons inspectors, but objects to certain inspection units due to a perceived anti-Iraq bias. Finding competent and neutral inspectors whom both the U.N. and Iraq can agree upon is not impossible. Consulting the Iraqis puts the ball in their court and pushes them to show commitment to fair and just inspections...
...remove Saddam Hussein from power, mass destruction is not the most appropriate technique. The Gulf War caused significant Iraqi losses, but Hussein remains in office. Some commentators have suggested that the U.S. support an internal rebellion in Iraq and use domestic divisions to bring about a change in leadership. The examples of American involvement in Afghanistan and in Nicaragua indicate that Washington is familiar with using civil war to pursue its policy ends...
Some advocates for air raids believe that bombing will worsen conditions in Iraq to the point that the Iraqi people will rebel. Statistics, however, show that the Iraqi situation could hardly get worse than it is now. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reports that sanctions have led to the deaths of more than 560,000 Iraqi children--a total greater than the death toll of Bosnian genocide. In a country of 20 million, 1 million have died since 1990. The truth of the matter is that suffering caused by bombing will only add to already overwhelming misery. Bombing Iraq...
...possibility of bombing also raises moral issues that warrant serious consideration. Iraq is a country in crisis, and its people are in desperate condition despite the protection their rulers might enjoy. Health care facilities have suffered due to sanctions, and the risk of a child under five dying has risen nearly 500 percent in recent times. About 160 children die each day due to food shortages. Bombing such a beleaguered people seems simply inhumane, especially if alternative means are available to accomplish what the U.S. seeks. Unnecessary force is cruel and unconscionable when other policy options are available...