"Krztalizer" wrote in message
...
Woody, by that rationale, we need to sortie our invasion forces
immediately to
attack Iran and North Korea at a minimum. We know they have WMD, we know
they'll use them. Ergo, we go to war immediately, without anyone agreeing
with
us.

No matter how frustrating it is to deal with the UN, we either use them as
the
'oversight committee' for the world, or we take on the role of Big Brother
for
the rest of humanity. Given that we turned out to be wrong in this case,
I
imagine it will only be one or two more such incidents before we have
sanctions
placed upon us, for the very reason that we put them on others.

George Bush declared Saddam would be gone. Two presidential cycles later,
his
son took power and completed his father's tasking; WMD was an excuse to
give
his 'change of regime' plan some validity.

As for the well-known and often mentioned chem attack on the Kurdish
village -
the CIA released information that the chemicals used did not match the
fingerprint of Iraqi stocks, but did match the gas in Iranian inventory.
But
since that CIA report two, three years ago, it seems to have been
forgotten and
Saddam gets the blame. Did he use agents in combat? With surity - but
not in
that case that seems to be ritually used to prove Bush's case against him.

I think if Bush had come right out and said, "This turd needs to get
flushed
but instead of using a flimsy excuse that 80% of the world will not agree
with,
I am going to finish the job my dad started," folks would have had less
trouble
with his decision to unilaterally invade another country.

v/r
Gordon

Isn't it amazing how we ignore/revise history when politically convenient?
The Iraqi Liberation Act passed the House of Representatives by a vote of
360 to 38; the Senate vote was unanimous. Please note the content of the
Act, and, most especially, its date:

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/i...bact103198.pdf

Where are all those big Congressional boosters today? Are they buried in a
trench somewhere above or below the WMD?

Also, the date that the House of Representatives formally commenced
investigation of a potential impeachment may be more than just a
coincidence.

Just a bit of bipartisan musing over a couple of the many "October
Surprises" in our political history...

Rick





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