The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 366
Sampling of public opinion 011 the Gulf War We speak, rightly, of Saddam's "terrorism". But, nothing equals the terrorism now being used against the Iraqis in the cause of "peace. " It's an outrage against our common humanity and must stop. In God's name. (Tom Harper is a Toronto author and broadcaster. ) Toronto Star, July 21, 1991 "We know well what good came of the gulf war" By Gerald Caplan. And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win, "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin. "Why, that I cannot tell," said he; But 'twas a famous victory Robert Southly asked the irrelevant question about the Battle of Blenheim nearly 200 years ago, but no such self doubt troubled our own leaders at last week's meeting of the Gang of 7. Clearly for them, the gulf war remains a famous victory. Some terrible, mysterious illness seems fr eq uently lo befall those who reach elevated positions. It wraps their judgement, obliterates their faculties for common sense and reason. Any sane person, after all, would look at the consequences of that ghastly war and conclude that only a single objective that was claimed for it has been achieved, while the awful consequences remain oveiwhelming. Yes, Iraq was kicked out of Kuwait, which matters. But that's the absolute end of the good news. Kuwait may be "liberated" but it's a hell hole, thanks in large part lo the destruction inflicted on it by our side during the war and the horrors perpetrated since by the egregious Kuwaiti rulers lo whom we have restored power. There have been, writes one horrified observer, "mass executions of suspected Iraqi sympathizers, muzzling of the press, and harsh jail 366