Vietnam tried to warn us

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The US cannot avoid political failure in Iraq: Vietnam

AFP Tuesday 25 March 2003, 11:48 AM

A consistent opponent of Western policy on Iraq, Vietnam condemned the war against Iraq as a gross violation of international law and a move that renders the United Nations ineffective.

The United States will win the war in Iraq but will not avoid a massive political failure, Vietnam’s state-run news agency said.

With a huge war machine, the US will gain victory in military terms. However, they cannot avoid political failure, the government’s VNA agency said in a rare political comment.

War means death and sorrow, running counter to mankind’s aspiration. Nobody wins in the conflict between war and peace. A regime established by violence will not exist for a long time, VNA said.

Washington’s real motive in Iraq was to establish a new pro-American regime in order to control the second biggest oil reserve in the world and then the Middle East region as a whole, the VNA said.

It said the immediate and long-term goals of the US were maximised profits and charged that the lives of Iraqis did not matter to Washington.

[EFerrari]

1. The lives of Americans don't matter in Washington. n/t

[madokie]

2. Not to mention the Iraqi's or anyone else for that matter.