You still have nothing to say about the cost of the war, just making it more palatable.
We should have gone into Iraq in 1992 to complete the job after Saddam violated UN resolutions and put down the Shiite uprising. We had the moral obligation then. We were only a decade and some late fulfilling our obligation. As for the 6 percent, that just says that US troops performed 94% better than expected. That is like saying you nearly doubled your profits for the year over the expected. Russel Madere Webmaster 504.832.9835 SunShine Pages by EATEL www.sunshinepages.com -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 3:36 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Maybe Bush Was Right? > Russel wrote: > This is debatable on the lives. Thanks - I'll take the win on the dollars :) > Three of our allies from 1990 were in Saddam's pocket as was the UN. The UN and all of our 1990 allies backed ALL US initiatives under UN resolution 1441 authorizing force should Saddam fail to disarm in November 2002. In January 2003 the UN recommended that before those "consequences" take place the UN weapons inspectors be allowed to finish their job. In late January 2003 the US said that was unnecessary since Iraq had WMD and we had intelligence to prove it. The UN asked the US to share that intelligence. Sec. Powell made a presentation to the UN after which the majority of the UN concluded that the US's "proof" was not strong enough to justify invasion and should the US still want to invade before inspections were over, it would need a second resolution authorizing war. The US decided it didn't need nor want UN sanction, gave warning, and invaded Iraq. In short, the US had full UN support and authority until we decided to abondon the inspections process. Remember: The justification for war was PROOF of WMD - nothing else. In the end the UN was proved right: we had no justification for war. The "they wouldn't have" argument is more full of holes that the President's proof of WMD. If "they wouldn't have" then why did they vote to authorize force should the weapons inspectors find WMD? > The costs are still less than pre-invasion estimates. Our casualties > are less than 6% of the 1 year estimate of the plans I saw before the > invasion. Isn't this like saying you went bankrupt 6 months later than expected? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Stay Ahead of Hackers - Download ZoneAlarm Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=65 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148677 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
