Who knew better? The French and the Russians who stood to loose business deals that went against the Sanctions? The same countries that gave us intel stating that Iraq still had and was making the banned weapons.
The host of Democrats that voted in favor of it? The weapons was the reason for invasion, and while only a few weapons were found, it doesn't excuse Hussein from what he did. He defied the UN sanctions every chance he got. He targeted American and British aircraft in the no-fly zone. He refused to provide documentation of the disposal of the banned weapons, and he made business deals that went against the oil for food program so that he could personally profit while his people suffered. You asked why we were currently fighting in Iraq, not why we went in. Robert gave you the reason we are still fighting in Iraq, > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:57 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: 12% Support More Troops > > see, that's the comic book version, > > We are there because we were stupid enough to think we could get away > with it and too arrogant to listen to people who knew better. And we > can bleed endlessly in Iraq trying to defend that mistake. > > And by the way, your version does not account for the reason > originally given. But you know that really, deep down, I suspect. > > Dana > > On 1/13/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Because no one else will. Because we value democracy and we want to see > it > > thrive. We must demonstrate to the Arab and Muslim world that we believe > in > > democracy, even if that means and Arab Muslim democracy much different > than > > our own. > > > > Had Iraqis never been able to hold elections or form a government, we > would > > not still be in Iraq. But they did both- against a backdrop of brutal > > violence. Should we now abandon them when they have come so far? Should > we > > now abandon the very roots of Arab democracy? Such a move would be > > short-sighted and self-defeating. Just as we have used our military > might > > and diplomatic efforts to defend Israel, so must we now defend Iraq. > > > > On 1/13/07, Dana wrote: > > > > > > You tell me, Robert. Why are we fighting in Iraq? > > > > > > > you will understand why we are fighting in Iraq. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > --------------- > > Robert Munn > > www.funkymojo.com > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224649 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
