On Dec 17, 2004, at 8:02 AM, Damon Agretto wrote:
Never attacked us? Tell that George Bush Senior. Tell that to the families of the hundreds of Americans who died in Iraq and Saudi Arabia over the previous 12 years.
I believe John was referring to both the Bush assasination plot as well as the occasional saber rattling with regards to the "No-fly Zones". So technically, the Iraqis have breached the cease-fire several times when they tried to take shots at US aircraft, and the US responded in kind.
Next we'll be hearing me about Iraqis taking babies out of incubators in hospitals in Kuwait -- part of a long Bush family tradition of telling lies to justify war in Iraq.
Honestly, I am not sure what John was referring to, originally, but I must accept that he sincerely believes that Iraq's unwillingness to be kept under the boot of the United States (my language) was sufficient cause for this latest war.
John, I wonder whether you half-hoped that sloppier readers might think that you meant that Iraq had some sort of connection to 9/11? I'm not accusing you of it, just wondering aloud, so to speak, and hoping you'll clarify.
Not that I think the occasional bombing campaigns were less than what were needed, but technically Iraq has been in breach of the cease-fire agreement several times in the last 12 years.
Does every message to this thread have to end with a disclaimer that says, in effect, "Yeah, Iraq didn't attack the US , but I still support the war"?
Dave
Well, mine doesn't Maru.
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