I am not saying you should. That's strictly your call. And by the way I am quite sincere in saying that I honor your willingness to serve. I simply believe that this government is taking it for granted and misusing it.
The "excuses" was not meant for you really -- I'm just commenting on the infinite number of excuses the administration has made for this invasion, and the astounding number of people who uncritically accept them. Dana On1/16/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not making excuses. G stated that even if they had WMD's, they posed no > thread to the US or her interests. Since the countries I mentioned are > allies of the US, and we rely on the oil in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, they > are our interests. If not, we would not have gone to the aid of Kuwait in > the first war. I am not a fan of this war; however since we are at war I am > willing to go any time I am asked. That is my job, to follow the orders of > those appointed above me, regardless of what I may think or feel. If I don't > like the heat, I can always get out of the kitchen. The National Guard is > extremely easy to quit before your time is up. I just choose not to. > > Bruce > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 12:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: new book confirms Saddam wanted a nuke > > 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 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246595 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
