'I feel quite comfortable with it' -that was Bill Clinton's cynical verdict on the US missile attack on Baghdad. On hearing that eight civilians had been killed by missiles that had missed their target the US president stopped off on his way to church to say how worthwhile the attack had been.
The cruise missile strikes have more to do with Clinton's problems at home than with Iraq. The case against Iraq is based on the word of one person that a small gang of whisky smugglers allegedly planted a bomb at a place George Bush neither went to, went Don't miss a single issue of Socialist Outlook! Subscribe today.
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