On 4/7/05, Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:04:09 -0700 (PDT), Gautam > > Mukunda wrote > > > --- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Are you saying that Warren been trying to > > prevent > > > > democracy in Iraq? > > > > > > Functionally, yes. > > > > What does that mean? > > > It means that there wasn't a third option between > going to war to remove Hussein and leaving him in > power. It didn't exist. No one proposed one that was > even vaguely plausible. You could choose one or the > other. > > False, this is recent history you are talking about. The alternative plan was for aggressive weapons inspections backed by the use of force. Somehow the UN didn't think Bush and Powell had anything credible showing there were WMDs in Iraq.
I had recently reviewed all the arguments Bush and his White House press secretary used leading up to the war. WMDs was almost the only one. In Gulf War 1 Bush the fist did not bring up Saddam using gas. The time he used it was too close and they didn't want to remind people that the US had provided the helicopters, the raw materials, the training for Iraqi scientists, the satellite photos, and Rumsfeld shook Saddam's hand afterwards and said don't worry about this - we'll ignore hose damn liberals in the UN and Congress. -- Gary Denton Easter Lemming Blogs http://elemming.blogspot.com http://elemming2.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
