> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:49:26 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > We're not bullies. The UN approved severe
> consequences
> > if Iraq did not comply. They changed their mind in
> the
> > end and we didn't.
>
> They were UN sanctions, not US sanctions. Our going
> to war, because
> the UN was choosing not to enforce the sanctions,
> was an act of
> unprovoked aggression. The Bush administration even
> called it a
> "preemptive strike" which semantically parses as
> exactly the same
> thing.
>
> Perhaps the UN's choice to not enforce the sanctions
> was influenced by
> players who benefitted from that decision. But
> that's how things work.
>
> -Kevin
Not anymore! There's a new sherrif in town and he
can't be payed off!
:P
-sm
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