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Re: To change the tune...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:09:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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But on the other count, yes, Bush indicated that Saddam was
to be removed from power - specifically because of the WoMD. Can’t find
any WoMD so now it’s a bait-and-switch affair.
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Well, that’s assuming that SH could have been trusted to not pursue them in
the future, which wouldn’t have been wise IMO.
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He wouldn’t have used them against us even if he did - all he cared about was
grabbing his neighbors oil. He would have been only too happy to be allies
with us again (as long as we tolerated his land grabs).
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I doubt it. After we back-stabbed him like that? He came to us and asked
permission to invade Kuwait. We told him officially, and on the record, that we
had no opinion on his minor border dispute. As soon as he committed we
mobilized and whacked him. I suspect we weren’t even aiming for Hussein, my
guess is that we were trying to decimate his army which, with no Iran to battle,
threatened to destabilize the balance in the region.
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As to Bush senior - well, that sums up a lot about Dubya, this is all a
personal family vendetta. Maybe America would be better off without any Bush
in national office.
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I doubt it. I think they’re above that. There’s no money in such a petty
attitude.
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I think the message of Iraq to existing and future tinpots will go a long
way in making the US safer from their aggrandized aspirations.
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Hunh? What message? That we’ll tollerate any level of human right violations
right up to the point where we see a few dollars in laying the smack down on
them? Great!
Chris
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) You'll have to quote me some source for that sequence of events - it sounds like the Official Saddam Version. And yes, even if that's the real undisputed sequence (which I'll bluntly say that I doubt), he'd still do it in a heartbeat. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) As I said, splitting hairs. The indication was that Saddam had WoMD and was going to either use them himself or hand them out like candy to Islamic extremists (who would only to be happy to use them on Saddam, given half a chance). (...) He (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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