Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes:
Ocupation: Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Life: b. March 2, 1931
Birthday: March 2
One of the reasons why this country undertook military action in Iraq was that there are quite a few problems here, and perhaps attention needed to be deflected from those problems. It sometimes seems that the U.S. economy works successfully only if it gets a stimulus from the defense industry. So perhaps in addition to showing the power and the might of the United States internationally, another reason was to help the defense industry and to help the U.S. economy recover.
source: Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003. 
topic: Country, Military, Iraq, Military Action
