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POLITICAL ESSAYS
The Declaration Of War
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From my experimental essay, "Memo
- August 1 / 2, 2005" [1]:
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"You may have noticed the Iraq-
Syria border is a hot-spot.
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"The Superpower needs to keep its
options open for getting out of
Iraq without losing most of its
troops.
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"Leaving via tiny Kuwait invites
Iran's army to fall upon what's
left of The Superpower's troops
without further ado.
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"So leaving --being driven out--
via Syria/Israel is attractive.
Preparations have been made."
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Friday, February 17, 2006
Reuters [2]
Iran calls on UK troops to pull
out of Basra
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Reuters quotes Manouchehr Mot-
taki, the foreign minister of
Iran:
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"The Islamic Republic of Iran
demands the immediate withdrawal
of British forces from Basra."
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Basra's in a narrow strip of
Iraq --squeezed between Iran and
Kuwait-- that reaches the Per-
sian Gulf.
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That demand is very like Hull's
note to Tokyo demanding that
Japan exit China.
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Hull was FDR's secretary of war
and the demand was ACTUALLY a
declaration of war on Japan.
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The Japanese replied ASAP at
Pearl Harbor.
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But The Superpower's poodle,
Blair, whines "British soldiers
[are] in Iraq under a United
Nations mandate...."
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[1]
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/messages/594
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[2]
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2006/02/17/AR2006021700265.html
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