Gulf War, 1990-1991.

  • The Economic and political motivation for the Gulf War / R.T. Naylor ; interviedwed by Bob Pugsley.

    R.T. Naylor, Professor of economics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, discusses the hidden agenda for the United States involvement in the Gulf War. He argues that: there will be many regional/border wars over boundaries drawn by colonial powers; the United States use of Saddam Hussein to establish a military police force in the region;…

  • Public hearings on United States war crimes : panel 2.

    Series of five group talks and presentations which examine United States actions in the Gulf War, 1990-1991: motives for the war, American foreign policy, military actions, and the impact upon the people and environment of the Middle East. |pt.1. Evidence of war against civilians and the use of mass terror / Dr. Levinson ; read…

  • Public hearings on United States war crimes : panel 4.

    Series of five group talks and presentations which examine United States actions in the Gulf War, 1990-1991: motives for the war, American foreign policy, military actions, and the impact upon the people and environment of the Middle East.|PUBLIC HEARINGS ON UNITED STATES WAR CRIMES. – Series of five group talks and presentations which examine United…

  • Public hearings on United States war crimes : panel 5.

    Series of five group talks and presentations which examine United States actions in the Gulf War, 1990-1991: motives for the war, American foreign policy, military actions, and the impact upon the people and environment of the Middle East.|PUBLIC HEARINGS ON UNITED STATES WAR CRIMES. – Series of five group talks and presentations which examine United…

  • The Christic view of the New World order / Daniel Sheehan.

    Talk by Daniel Sheehan on Christic Institute research and legal action in opposition to illegal government activities. He provides a background of events from November 1989 to June 1990 which lead to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, and examines the motivation of various particpants. He also discusses Gorbachev’s dismantleing of the Soviet Union, how…

  • Veterans benefits question : if the war continues / Curtis Lang.

    Curtis Lang, journalist for the Village Voice, speaks about the present and future costs of the war with Iraq, 1990-1991. He points to the stated President Bush policy of cutting defense spending while there is a war going on, the monetary cost of waging war, that veteran benefits could cost %300 more than the actual…

  • Noam Chomsky on the New World Order.

    Noam Chomsky, noted MIT linguist and spokesperson on international relations, speaks on the direction of United States foreign policy following the defeat of Iraq. He discusses the United Nations peace keeping role, the U.S. dominance of the United Nations, a peculiar U.S. view of international affairs, the role of force or peace in international justice,…

  • Debunking the new world order / Alexander Cockburn.

    Talk by journalist Alexander Cockburn which examines the popular immage of the Gulf War and U.S. foreign policy in the cold light of the profound domestic troubles within the United States. He covers such issues as: high popular trust of the military; the S & L crisis and dropping real wages; the Gulf Waras scapegoat;…

  • Bush’s military presidency / Ramsey Clark.

    Speech by Ramsey Clark, former Defense Secretary. He traces the evolving military philosophy of President Bush, from the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan up to the U.S. lead war against Iraq in 1991. In 1980 Bush began discussion of a winnable nuclear war, in which the U.S. could inflict greater damage than it would recieve.…

  • Peace delegation to the Middle East / Kiren Chaudhry ; interviewed by Dennis Bernstein.

    Kiren Chaudhry, assistant professor at U.C. Berkeley, discusses her visit to Baghdad as a member of a peace delegation from the Global Exchange and Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance, undertaken in December 1990-January 1991. She discusses changes in the Iraqi economy, suffering by the populace, and the flourishing black market. She separates the realities of the…