I'm always astounded at how far people will go to make excuses for Iraq. On 11/16/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last time I checked, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were American > interests, and according to recent maps they all border Iraq, so to me > it is very imminent and real and indisputable. I seem to recall almost > 17 years ago Iraq invaded Kuwait, and prior to that they battled it out > with Iran for over 10 years. And Saddam continuously violated the no-fly > zone rules by shooting missiles at our jets, and again he made no effort > to convince the world that he did not have WMD's. Given Iraq's past > history, I don't really feel comfortable "assuming" that he had no WMD's > with our interests so close. Sure things would be a lot better overall > for everyone (except the Iraqi people) if Saddam had just given free and > unfettered access to ALL of his facilities, and had been completely > upfront with the world. But since Slick Willey set precedence of > cowering to any enemy, perceived or real, I guess Saddam figured he > could afford to screw around with us, and now here we are. I am not > saying that this is all Clinton's fault, but I feel that if he had been > a bit more aggressive with countries like Iraq, things would be very > different right now. > > Bruce > > G Money wrote: > > My point is that even if Iraq did have a few WMD's laying around, they were > > in NO WAY an immediate threat to the US or our interests. That's disputable, > > but that's what I believe. > > > > In Hatton's analogy, the danger is imminent and very real. That's where it > > breaks down for me. > > > > > > > >
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