Posted on 10/10/2002 9:10:15 PM PDT by Pokey78
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:04:54 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Barring a coup d'etat in Baghdad, it now appears certain that the U.S. will launch a major military strike on Iraq in coming months. As President Bush made clear in his speech on Monday evening, such a strike would be designed to prevent Saddam Hussein from providing weapons of mass destruction to terrorists groups such as al Qaeda that could be used against the U.S.
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This is actually one of the more sensible articles I've seen, even if it does not put things into their larger context. I suspect the General is on the right track here.
Doing this one thing well can put others on notice, and forestall having to do it again for twenty or thirty years. So let's get busy.
But let's not move force from A to B to C because we are capable. B and C will learn the lesson of a Free Iraq, and are likely to come along in their own time bloodlessly.
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