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Why did Bush deliberately attack the wrong country?



 
 
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Old August 30th 04, 02:23 AM
ArtKramr
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Default Why did Bush deliberately attack the wrong country?

Because his dimwit father did?


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Old August 30th 04, 02:26 AM
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"ArtKramr" wrote:
Because his dimwit father did?


Any truth to the rumor you once had a brain?


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Old August 30th 04, 04:40 AM
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A puzzle for Mr. Kramer:

Suppose Bush wins this year - will you back Hillary in 2008? - (she
refused to fight when she found out what Bill was doing at the office.)

Jack G.



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Because his dimwit father did?


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Old August 30th 04, 11:26 PM
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"B2431" wrote in message
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What does this have to do with military aviation?


Like Art, it has nothing to do with military aviation.


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Old August 31st 04, 11:04 PM
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Emmanuel Gustin wrote:

In the case of Afghanistan this was
an entirely valid reason. In the case of Iraq it was never more
than a transparently flawed excuse


I guess Abu Nidal and Abu Abbas were just vactioning in Iraq?

Both of these men had proven track records of operations against the U.S. You
don't need to have an Al Queda stamp on your forehead to be a threat to U.S.
national security. Our big nemesis in Iraq now, al Zarqawi, fought against U.S.
forces in Afghanistan, was injured and received treatment where? That's right,
Bagdad, Iraq.

Before the USA invaded
the radicals had to remain in parts of the country that Bagdad
did not control


Abbas was caught in Baghdad and Abu Nidal was killed there. Are you saying the
Iraqi government didn't control Baghdad?


BUFDRVR

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everyone on Bear Creek"
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Old September 1st 04, 02:07 AM
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Anyone interested in pre-emptive and preventative war, and its likely role in
American foreign policy, could do no better than read Michael Walzer’s "Just
and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations." First
published in 1977, updated versions taking into account more recent events,
have appeared. It is studied in Ivy League and armed forces academy poly sci
classes, the students of which generally intend to pursue careers in
statescraft or the military. It has influenced, among other significant
personages, Kenneth Pollack, Director for Persian Gulf Affairs, National
Security Council, in the Carter Administration, and author of "The Threatening
Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq," as well as Philip Bobbitt, Senior Director
for Strategic Planning, National Security Council, in the Clinton
Administration, and author of "The Shield of Achilles: War and Peace in the
Course of History."
It should be pointed out that all the above men are more or less left-of-center
politically, and Democrats, but both Pollack and Bobbitt have been influential
in shaping the Bush Administration's Iraq policy, using, at least in part
Walzer's (an ardent Vietnam War critic) ideas.

If nothing else, reading Walzer will provide insight into why Sir Arthur Harris
was treated the way he was after WW2 was over.


Chris Mark
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Old September 1st 04, 02:14 AM
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From: xmarx467@

Kenneth Pollack, Director for Persian Gulf Affairs, National
Security Council, in the Carter Administration,


Meant Clinton Administration.


Chris Mark
 




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