By standing up to the dictates of Washington. Iraq is a country that sits on top of a sea of oil and it has refused to allow the U.S. finance capital to rapaciously exploit its resources. The U.S. unleashed a firestorm against the Iraqi people in 1991. The Pentagon dropped bombs on Iraq seven times the total explosive power of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima. And in the seven years since, the U.S. has used sanctions to create a noose around Iraq to cut off food, medicine, and other essentials of life.
Sanctions are a brutal act of war.
The U.S. could not wage such crimes against Iraq without a campaign of demonization of the Iraqi people and their leaders. Let no one be fooled about who is the real enemy. Welfare is being turned into slave-labor workfare. Medicare and Medicaid are on the chopping block. Unions are under siege.