Jerry, Think of it like this, Guy gets arrested and put in jail, then he gets out on parole, he does not go to his parole officer, they issue a bench warrant, but they don't actively attempt to find the guy.
Same thing with Iraq. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:33 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Hello? > > Does no one remember the invasion of Kuwait? Iraq getting the sh*t kicked > out of them? > > We are not just singling out Iraq because they are trying to acquire WMD. > > Iraq invaded Kuwait and started a war. > The whole world decided to stop them. Iraq was driven from Kuwait. > After looting and burning and many, many war crimes, Iraq surrendered, > asking the world to stop the war. > The world felt that Iraq would be a threat to its neighbors as long as it > had the means to attack. > In exchange for stopping the war, Iraq agreed to honor certain terms and > conditions. > Among the things they agreed to were to get rid of all existing WMD and to > stop trying to acquire them. They agreed to let UN weapons inspectors into > Iraq to verify that they were complying with these agreements. > In an effort to force Iraq into compliance, the UN also forbid Iraq from > buying things that could be used to re-arm. So they enforced the "oil-for- > food" program, to make sure Iraq could get the things it needed, but not > buy nasty things. > > It is not the US beating up on Iraq because it wants to (well, not the > ONLY reason). > > It is the international community holding Iraq to the commitments it made > at the end of the Gulf War. > > Why does no one remember that? > > Jerry Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
