Geof, I wonder if everyone has also forgotten Ansar Al-Islam, the Al- Queda affiliate operating in Northern Iraq that tried to poison British water supplies a few years ago as well? Now I don't pretend to know if Hussein knew of 9-11, but lets assume he didn't and that there was no connection (although we know better) with Al-Queda. Wasn't much of the pretext for invading Iraq placed within the context of a broader war on terrorists and terrorist states, rather than any direct correlation between between terrorist groups and Saddam? Furthermore, have people also ignored the fact that the war on terrorism, not 'the war on Iraq,' stretches into Africa, Southeast Asia, etc., rather than Iraq and Afghanistan?
I find it humorous that those same people who were supporting the war during the invasion of Iraq now pretend that they were the only ones with any knowledgeable foresight concerning the present situation. People can continue to conveniently forget those aspects that eliminate their arbitrary arguments concerning the war, and proclaim that this is an unjust invasion because we didn't have the authority of the UN. Since when does any sovereign country in the world need the permission of the UN to begin a war, irregardless of the reasoning behind that war? Furthermore, the US had more than enough votes within the UN to allow military assistance during the invasion, but France, who was one of the five countries with veto power, threatened to veto it, even if avery country in the UN was in support. William --- In [email protected], "Geof Gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But, of course, there was 'no connection between Saddam and al Quaida.' > > Continue in your fantasies ... > > --- In [email protected], "R. Christian Ross" > <reason.on@> wrote: > > > > http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=040606G > > > > Criminal Records > > By Harold Hutchison > > > > In the last two weeks, over 600 documents relating to the war on > > terror have been released by the United States government. These > > documents, available at http://70.169.163.24/ (with very long download > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
