Andy, If you look at the nations involved with the coalition to out the Taliban, you'll find it is composed of countries whose nationals were killed by Alqueda on 9-11. Moreover the attack on Afghanistan had nothing to do with a coaltion. The Bush administration invoked article 5 of the NATO treaty - basically if a signatory country is attacked, it is considered an attack on all the member countries of NATO. Similar provisions exist in SEATO, and in the defense agreements with Australia and New Zealand.
So these countries participated because of their treaty oblications. No such oblications existed in reference to the invasion of Iraq. larry On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:18:02 -0500, Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yikes. Sounds like Bush put together an international coalition. How dare > he! Just when Kerry & Co had him pegged. Guess it is time to bury the > truth... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Morris > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/19/opinion/19franks.html?ex=1255924800&en=dfe > 849b12233309f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland > > Second, we did not "outsource" military action. We did > rely heavily on Afghans because they knew Tora Bora, a > mountainous, geographically difficult region on the > border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is where Afghan > mujahedeen holed up for years, keeping alive their > resistance to the Soviet Union. Killing and capturing > Taliban and Qaeda fighters was best done by the Afghan > fighters who already knew the caves and tunnels. > > Third, the Afghans weren't left to do the job alone. > Special forces from the United States and several > other countries were there, providing tactical > leadership and calling in air strikes. Pakistani > troops also provided significant help - as many as > 100,000 sealed the border and rounded up hundreds of > Qaeda and Taliban fighters. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=37 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133208 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
