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Andy Dingley wrote:

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

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Die Gotterspammerung - Junkmail of the Gods


9-11 happened. The same people who had the infamous "dots" that lead to
9-11
came to Bush and said "We gotta problem, and if it is real it could
cause millions
to die." Bush said "what's the chance these "dots" are real?" and no
matter what percentage they
gave him. He had to act and act fast. Failure to act, with the
information coming
on the heels of 9-11, seems to be too much of a chance to take. If he
was wrong,
and I'm still on the fence, he was wrong. But given the fact that the
people who
were telling him of this issue just failed him on 9-11, he had no choice.
kwc


Nonsense. The neo-cons in the administration wanted to beat up an Arab
country to show the rest they mean business. They had also wanted to
take out Saddam in 91. Iraq was the only Arab country that they had any
hope of making a case against which would be believed by enough people.
So they exaggerate what was far from solid intelligence, ignore what is
not convenient, and do the deed. Taking out Hussien is easier than
finding Bin Laden, and you get to fly to an aircraft carrier for a great
photo op. Maybe you can even have some victory parades in an election
year.