Phone interview with Philip Agee, who discusses United States foreign policy decisions during the course of the war with Iraq. He argues that: the U.S. created the power of Saddam Hussein; Bush needed a long term crisis to replace the East-West conflict in Europe, and to help people ignore domestic troubles; Bush's abandonment of sanctions because of an extended crisis through the 1992 elections; the U.S. as fundamentally militaristic; the role of the United States as world police to create the New World Order; and the use of disinformation to create patriotism during the Gulf War, 1990-1991.|A LOOK AT AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY DURING THE GULF CRISIS / Phillip Agee. Phone interview with Phillip Agee who discusses U.S. foreign policy decisions during the course of the war with Iraq. He argues that: the U.S. created the power of Saddam Hussein| Bush needed a long term crisis to replace the East-West conflict in Europe, and to help people ignore domestic troubles| Bush's abandonment of sanctions because of an extended crisis through the 1992 elections| the U.S. as fundamentally militaristic| the role of the United States as world police to create the New World Order| and the use of disinformation to create patriotism during the war. RECORDED: 1990.
