>From what you wrote below, what I put in my column was in Wilson's
book not once but twice.
What are you and that nice guy from NY talking about?
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>
> Tommy,
>
> Check should be made out to Veterans For Peace - NY IVAW and
mailed to: IVAW
> C/O United For Peace and Justice, PO Box 607, Times Square
Station, NY, NY
> 10108
> ===========================
>
> What Tommy Wrote
>
> The original paragraph in question from the triCity News,
December 8, 2005
> appears below:
> ================================
> Justified Right The Conservative Alternative to triCity - by
Tommy DeSeno
>
> Saddam Hussein, in a meeting with Valerie Plameâs husband Joe
Wilson, told
> him that America wouldnât succeed in the Middle East because we
âwouldnât
> have the stomach to see 10,000 dead American soldiers in the
desert.â He
> overestimated Democrats. There are 2,000 dead soldiers and
already Howard Dean said
> this week we âcanât winâ and Congressman Murtha wants to
cut and run. It
> cost us 4000,000 Americans to win WWII.
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> The first sentence refers to a 1990 interview regarding Saddam's
invasion of
> Kuwait, not our invasion of Iraq; and the direct quote is not a
direct quote.
>
> The second sentence jumps to December 2005.
> ===================================
> What Wilson Actually Said
>
> "How Saddam Thinks" - Joseph Wilson
> Published Oct. 13, 2002 in the San Jose Mercury News
>
> Twelve years ago, I was in charge of the American Embassy in
Baghdad. On
> Aug. 6, 1990, four days after the invasion of Kuwait, I met with
Saddam for
> nearly two hours and listened to him gloat at the overthrow of the
Kuwaiti
> government and threaten to âspill the blood of 10,000 American
soldiers in the
> sands of the Arabian desertâ should we counterattack. Over the
next several
> months, my staff and I worked day and night to try to persuade
him not just to
> leave Kuwait, but also to allow Americans in Kuwait and Iraq to
go home and to
> release the hundreds of foreign hostages, including Americans,
whom he had
> taken as âhuman shields.â The lessons we gleaned during that
period are
> applicable to todayâs looming conflict.
> ====================================
> The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and
Betrayed My
> Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir (Hardcover) 2004
>
> p. 105
>
> If, on the other hand, the United States reacted militarily to the
Iraqi
> invasion [of Kuwait], Saddam scoffed that we had neither the
tenacity to remain
> engaged as long as it would take to drive Iraq from Kuwait, nor
the political
> will to sustain the âspilling of the blood of ten thousand
soldiers in the
> Arabian desert.â
>
> p. 467
>
> In a matter-of-fact manner, he dismissed the Kuwaiti government
as âhistoryâ
> and scoffed at President Bushâs condemnation of him.
>
> He mocked American will and courage, telling me that my country
would run
> rather than face the prospect of spilling the blood of our
soldiers in the
> Arabian Desert.
>
> I was never prouder than when the American response was to
confront Hussein
> and ultimately force him from Kuwait.
>
> Desert Storm was a just war, sanctioned by the international
community and
> supported by a broad multilateral coalition. Today we are on the
verge of
> another conflict with Iraq, but unlike Desert Storm, the goals
are not
> clear--despite Secretary of State Colin Powellâs eloquent
argument for war in his
> address Wednesday to the United Nations Security Council.
>
> p.475
>
> When I met with him on Aug. 6, 1990, four days after his invasion
of Kuwait,
> he told me he did not believe that the United States had the
political will
> or the tenacity to either accept the deaths of 10,000 soldiers in
the Arabian
> Desert-or to remain there as long as it would take to defeat his
forces.
>
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