Well, while I don't the actual reasons from the President, I do have a theory or two. Now I'm speaking from a pre invasion stand point, assuming we do actually think he has WMD and is willing to use them.
1, a few things come into play here, first the weather, beginning the move in during the summer is probably not a good idea. Waiting until after summer gives the enemy more time to build up defenses and potentially dispose of WMD and other evidence. At the time the British and the US were working with Libya to dismantle their weapons programs, a true display of force against another country would have helped change Libya mind, or make them act faster. 2, The president or at least the administration proper has claimed that the choice was made to go to war based on the CIA data, and that the Administration's choice wasn't a mistake, nor were the votes of the congress who had access to the same information. The CIA Director did step down, and there have been more shake ups as of late. 3, We got a major part of our intel from those same foreign allies, they are not owed an apology, what did the US do to them. They provided us with information that showed Saddam had weapons. Our CIA used their sources to corroborate information. I realize the oil-for-food program was not the major reason, and it may not have been a real reason. However, they have their own interest to think about, and I cannot fault them on that. It isn't like we took part in the European Theatre in WWII because we wanted to be seen as heroes, out interests were being threatened by the AXIS powers as well. I don't think the President should say the war is a Mistake, I don't think it is. I think the administration should have done a better job to begin with on putting multiple reasons forward. They did the same thing with Bin Laden, at first they claimed he was the main target, however that was probably a mistake, sure we want to catch him, but in reality there is probably more important Terrorist Targets to deal with than him. The same holds true about Iraq, there are plenty of reasons to invade Iraq and depose Saddam, they just did a bad job of selling that. -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 2:27 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Pilot, 47, Recalled For Active Duty I doubt the sole reason for French policy was oil-for-food; if it were they would've never gone for 1441. Further why anyone wanted to invade or not invade Iraq are complicated and won't ever be known by us. What we do know is that the President rushed to war for reasons he hasn't ever explained and he did this with little regard for his allies or the UN. We've since found out that the threat we were told about doesn't exist and the President has never said the war was therefore a mistake. It leaves the following questions: 1.) Why did the President insist that we had to go to war by March? 2.) Why hasn't the President shown any type of accountability for the lack of WMD or held anyone in his administration or the CIA accountable? 3.) In rushing to war we burned our allies and the UN; since finding out we were mistaken, we've not apologized or offered our allies equal part in the reconstruction. Why not? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137005 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
