PHYLLIS BENNIS, (202) 234-9382 ext 206, 667-1650, pbennis@compuserve.com,
http://www.ips-dc.org/iraq/primer.htm
http://www.ameu.org http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter
A fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, Bennis is author of the book
"Before and After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis." She
said today: "In 1991 Bush bribed, threatened and punished U.N. countries to
win Security Council authorization to attack Iraq. The real reason had far
more to do with assuring the continuation of the U.S. as a superpower even
as its superpower competitor was collapsing. U.S. policy for the last 12
years violated the U.N. Charter itself (through such things as murderous
economic sanctions against Iraq) and supported other countries (like
Turkey, Morocco, Indonesia and Israel) that continue violating U.N.
resolutions. Now another Bush administration wants to invade Iraq in the
name of Security Council resolutions, and wants to use the UN - created to
prevent wars -- to actually start one." Bennis wrote the recent article
"Veto" about the U.S. government's repeated use of its veto of resolutions
critical of Israel. Over the last three decades, the U.S. has used the veto
far more than any other nation.
http://www.ips-dc.org/iraq/primer.htm
http://www.ameu.org http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter
A fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, Bennis is author of the book
"Before and After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis." She
said today: "In 1991 Bush bribed, threatened and punished U.N. countries to
win Security Council authorization to attack Iraq. The real reason had far
more to do with assuring the continuation of the U.S. as a superpower even
as its superpower competitor was collapsing. U.S. policy for the last 12
years violated the U.N. Charter itself (through such things as murderous
economic sanctions against Iraq) and supported other countries (like
Turkey, Morocco, Indonesia and Israel) that continue violating U.N.
resolutions. Now another Bush administration wants to invade Iraq in the
name of Security Council resolutions, and wants to use the UN - created to
prevent wars -- to actually start one." Bennis wrote the recent article
"Veto" about the U.S. government's repeated use of its veto of resolutions
critical of Israel. Over the last three decades, the U.S. has used the veto
far more than any other nation.