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Re: A THREAT TO PEACE?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:33:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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I think I may have mentioned that it wasnt until the US got kicked in the
teeth that got them moving on the war cause--It wasnt Hitler marching into
Poland and taking over the entire country that was the Day that will live in
Infamy, it was 2 years later when a strategic military base was bombed.
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Yeah, but in fairness -- until Japan came after us, the war was someone elses
problem.
Harvey correctly identifies our psycho foreign entanglements as THEE huge
problem for the U.S. -- I certainly doubt the average U.S. citizen understands
much about foreign affairs and much less about when our affairs are being
mishandled by the guy in charge.
On a slightly different but still related note, The Memory Hole has this for
more on the rift that may exist between Shrubs Sr. and Jr.:
http://www.thememoryhole.org/mil/bushsr-iraq.htm
In international terms, we tried to establish a model for the use of force.
First and foremost was the principle that aggression cannot pay. If we dealt
properly with Iraq, that should go a long way toward dissuading future would-be
aggressors. We also believed that the U.S. should not go it alone, that a
multilateral approach was better. This was, in part, a practical matter.
Mounting an effective military counter to Iraqs invasion required the backing
and bases of Saudi Arabia and other Arab states.
-- Hop-Frog
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Message has 1 Reply: | | Re: A THREAT TO PEACE?
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| (...) Thank God the British didn't feel that way. (...) Oh if wishing made it so! Iraq agression was ended in the first gulf war. What agression was there this time? Anyway, think that's been said before. Sr. was a far better leader than his son. (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) How does one respond to this without starting a flame war... It was the Allies who 'won the war' and 'liberated Europe'. As for the rebuilding, didn't the allied nations all contribute? And wasn't it a good thing that they did? I think I may (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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