Frank Arthur wrote:
> "choro" <choro@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:Vi0ik.28416$5O6.27609@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> The_Endeavor wrote:
>>> In article <46d3b$4887cada$cf701d6f$7475@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> lizgary@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>>>> The_Endeavor wrote:
>>>>> Saddam pushed us into a war with Iraq
>>>> And just *how* did he do that?
>>> The terms of the previous treaty were very clear that Saddam
>>> Hussein must offer "convincing evidence" Iraq has destroyed its
>>> weapons of mass destruction before the current crisis can come to
>>> an end.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Saddam was *never* any sort of threat to the Excited States.
>>>
>>> Disagree at the time, the international blockade was breaking down.
>>> Saddam would have started up his weapons of mass destruction
>>> program. Also it was costing the US heaps of money to enforce the
>>> no-fly zone.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> and maybe the mullahs in Iran will
>>>>> push us into another one.
>> Oh, please spare us all this peripheral diversions and
>> misinformation. The war was about who controls Iraqi oil. Nothing
>> more, nothing less.
>>
>> --
>> choro
>> *****
>
> If that were the case, why wouldn't the US send a much larger force,
> take the country, forget free elections and simply take the oil?
You must be very naive or a complete idiot. Probably the latter.
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choro
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