That'd be fine man if he's facts weren't all fucked up, asked and answered.
Larry Lyons wrote: > 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:252647 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
