Now Will, don't go confusing him with facts, you know how grumpy he gets when that happens.
;) >> 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:252581 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
