> How did Kosovo, Bosnia and Croatia defend our country? None of the above were unilateral preemptive actions. All were part of UN peacekeeping missions. There was no "invasion" of a sovereign nation.
> Somalia? Again we were there as part of the UN mission. and again, no invasion. 1992-95 -- Somalia. "Operation Restore Hope" Somali Civil War On December 10, 1992, President Bush reported that he had deployed US armed forces to Somalia in response to a humanitarian crisis and a UN Security Council Resolution. The operation came to an end on May 4, 1993. US forces continued to participate in the successor United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM II). (See also Battle of Mogadishu)[RL30172] Cite: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events> > Dominican Republic, Haiti, I can go on. The US has a long history of hemispherical intervention... The Monroe Doctrine (and the Roosevelt Corollary) being an oft-cited principle at least in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The last time we went to the Dominican Republic was 1965: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Power_Pack And with Haiti, it was here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Uphold_Democracy restoring the duly elected leader of an nation. > Our nation decided to become imperial in the 1800s. Since then we have > defended our interests abroad through force as necessary. Agreed, though rarely preemptively. > Toppling Saddam was in our interest. Neh? Perhaps, if he wasn't already contained. How do you feel about the continued saber rattling against Iran? Posturing with a threat, or prelude to shooting war? If the former, what do we do if/when Iran calls our bluff? If the latter, a member of the Armed Forces, do you think the US is in a position to mount a second front, given our current operations? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:252565 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
