To: desertcry
It attacked Iran with basically our blessing and indirect aid. It attacked Kurds within it's own borders. It attacked Kuwait and was driven out after Bush I brokered a deal among a large coalition that authorized only the expelling of Iraq from Kuwait and nothing else. The reason for war is not that he has attacked anyone but that he might- and that- is a revolutionary and unprecedented doctrine. That coupled with the Bush administration announcement that the United States reserves the right to attack anyone we deem to be a threat (another eyebrow raising and curious foreign policy announcement) could possibly be the reason that Europe ain't jumping up and down with joy over the prospect of going to war with Iraq.
To: Burkeman1
9.11.01 and the rise of terrorism have change the rules of the game. Are you saying that we should trust saddam not to sell, give , or give access to bin laden and his gang iraq's MWD. And we should wait for the smoking chemical, and bio weapons to explode in our face because we want the french's, and german's approval before we take saddam out?
I hope that's not what you mean.
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