It was the UN that declared the airspace a no fly zone as part of the terms of surrender for Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. I fail to see any resemblance to a double standard here.
-----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:28 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Hussein's Conviction sooooo... if Iran declares US airspace to be a no-fly zone you would not advocate shooting at those planes? I am just trying to point out that there seems to be a double standard here. On 11/5/06, Jeff Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tell that to the airforce pilots that were painted with radar and then > shot at with anti-aircraft guns and missiles. I don't think they'd classify it > as self defense. Frankly, I'm surprised it took us so long to invade in > the first place. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:04 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Hussein's Conviction > > hmm. I wonder if they considered that to be self-defense? I don't > know, but calling that an attack is a stretch imho. > > On 11/5/06, Jeff Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Iran wasn't attacking us. They still aren't. Iraq, on the other > > hand, was in violation of international sanctions and was firing at > > our airmen enforcing the no fly zone. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:219629 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
