Jonathan Marshall of The Independent Institute on Iraq: Foreign Policy Malpractice:
Regime change—the phrase sounds so cool and antiseptic. But before Congress bought President Bush's prescription for curing the world’s ills, it should have reviewed some medical history on the disastrous side-effects of this quack remedy.
The first patient in line for this harsh medicine—Iraq—has already taken it twice before. The results turned a minor regional irritant into a wound of worldwide concern.
Iraq’s first dose came in 1963, when a young CIA protege named Saddam Hussein helped overthrow Gen. Abdul Qassim, who had nationalized some of the country's foreign oil interests two years earlier.
Ahh, Mr. Marshall should stop drudging up painful historical facts like that. My fellow Americans are content to live in ignorance and pretend that we haven't tried this regime change shit before.
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