Andy Dingley wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:56:30 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

Because two-thirds of the United Nations is run by people who *wish*
they could be the same sort of *******.

Fair comment, but this isn't a UN action anyway, it's a unilateral
action by the US and Blair got caught in the draft of tailgating
Bush's ass.

If it's OK to ignore the UN now, why so squeamish in '91 ?

1) Because they had not yet proven to be worthless
2) Because there was hope that popping SH in the nose would either
straighten him out or convince his folks to overthrow him
3) Because we didn't know France, Germany and Russia would sell their
souls for construction contracts
4) Because 4 airliners and 3 buildings made many in the US remember
that we cant ignore problems 'over there' and hope they will go away
5) Because we had hoped to build a better understanding with more
moderate Arab countries
6) Because we got tired of sitting in the desert of Saudi Arabia
accomplishing nothing without a cold beer.
7) Because George Sr believed in a 'kinder and gentler' world, when
the same old scum still are out there.

Just a few thoughts