Economic reasons for war with Iraq / R.T. Naylor ; interviewed by Bob Pugsley.
R.T. Naylor, Professor of Economics at McGuill University in Montreal, Canada, discusses the various econmic reasons and results of the United States led war against Iraq. He points to many issues, such as: increase of Soviet Jews moving into the occupied territories; Israel's week economy and strong military; the United States military wanted to empty their weapons shelves, thus opening space for new weapons systems; Israel may use the war with Iraq and its link to the PLO as an excuse to take more land from Palestinian peoples.|ECONOMIC REASONS FOR WAR WITH IRAQ / R.T. Naylor| interviewed by Bob Pugsley. - R.T. Naylor, Professor of Economics at McGuill University in Montreal, Canada, discsses the various economic reasons and results of the U.S. led war against Iraq. He points to many issues, such as: increase of Soviet Jews moving into the occupied territories| Israel's weak economy and strong military| the U.S. military wanted to empty their weapons shelves, thus opening space for new weapons systems| Israel may use the war with Iraq and its link to the PLO as an excuse to take more land from Palestinian peoples. - RECORDED: KPFK, 6 Mar. 1991.