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| Thu, 09-02-2004 - 10:03am |
'In his memoirs, "A World Transformed," written five years ago, George Bush Sr. wrote the following to explain why he didn't go after Saddam Hussein at the end of the Gulf War.
"Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human
and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible.... We
would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq....
There was no viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of
our principles. Furthermore, we had been consciously trying to set a
pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in
and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations'
mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response
to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion
route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power
in a bitterly hostile land."
If only his son could read.'


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Bev
Sorry, to have saddened you, I don't recall saying negetive about you but I don't recall what all I posted. But what I meant in my post was both of you are strong posters and that is both of your style. I am completely aware that it is not in your hand to delete messages or ban a poster. I was more angry at ivillage for not being fair to mysticdreamer. That's all. In fact in one of my posts somewhere I did mention that I like reading both of your posts. Anyways, being the election/political junkie that I have become I may not be able to keep away from these boards. I will miss Mysticdreamers posts though. I think it was unfair, but if you didn't report him 3 times or so, I will take your word for it. I think we should stop reporting people and start ignoring them so that we don't curb any voices.JMHO.
I didn't want to be a drama queen, but I guess I needed a day or partial day off these debate boards which I made up by staying up late and watching political stuff on TV.LOL!
I also want to thank everyone for asking me to stay. It really meant a lot.
Liane:
A lot has happened in five years, though.
http://www.nationalreview.com/kob/kob200402050836.asp
Bev
"All I can say is Thank God, Bush jr. was in charge and has done what he has done,..."
"...If Kerry gets elected in November, it will
In terms of the election I just want to quote a VERY REPUBLICAN and yet very intelligent talk-radio host in Denver who said that the Electoral college is today irrelavent and due to the configuration of the electoral college it is possible that the electoral vote could completely misconstrue what American voters want, which, he also said, was exactly what happened in the last election. His name is Bob Newman and he is so right-winged, it is scary. Coming from the mouth directly?
Additionally, I think the terrorist feel even more justified in attacking us now that we have proven that we will go in and be just as destructive to certain countries as they will and not deterred by a president that they regard as hostile to their religion, culture, and countries.
Will that statement from the President embolden terrorists?
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