is the reference to the UN supposed to make it ok with me? There is nothing that says that the Iraqis are any more fond of the UN than say our friend loathe over there.
On 11/5/06, Jeff Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:219632 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
