We are apparently on the same page, as always! I saw this broadcast too! Incredible, huh?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Mario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In a message dated 8/31/2007 2:02:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You have a lot of nerve complaining about a > powerful force of American soldiers bringing the > war to the very geographical location that all these plots eminae > from....you better pay more heartfelt attention to the "Blood & Limb > costs" associated with war. > > The words of those who sent those soldiers to that location at the > cost of their blood and limbs: Dick Cheney during an interview at the > conservative American Enterprise Institute in 1994 Q: Do you think > the U.S., or U.N. forces, should have moved into Baghdad? > A: No. > > Q: Why not? > > A: "Because if we'd gone to Baghdad we would have been all alone. > There wouldn't have been anybody else with us. There would have been > a U.S. occupation of Iraq. None of the Arab forces that were willing to > fight with us in Kuwait were willing to invade Iraq. > > "Once you got to Iraq and took it over, took down Saddam Hussein's > government, then what are you going to put in its place? That's a > very volatile part of the world, and if you take down the central > government of Iraq, you could very easily end up seeing pieces of Iraq > fly off: part of it, the Syrians would like to have to the west, part of > it -- eastern Iraq -- the Iranians would like to claim, they fought over > it for eight years. In the north you've got the Kurds, and if the > Kurds spin loose and join with the Kurds in Turkey, then you threaten > the territorial integrity of Turkey. > > "It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq. > > "The other thing was casualties. Everyone was impressed with the fact we > were able to do our job with as few casualties as we had. But for the > 146 Americans killed in action, and for their families, it wasn't a > cheap war. And the question for the president, in terms of whether or > not we went on to Baghdad, took additional casualties in an effort to > get Saddam Hussein, was how many additional dead Americans is Saddam > worth? Our judgment was, not very many, and I think we got it right." > > ============================================ > > The so-called liberal media never reported those Cheney words. A C-Span > viewer spotted it recently and posted it on YouTube: Click here: > YouTube - Cheney '94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire C-SPAN > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I> > ================================================= And junior should have > been as wise a papa: "Why We Didn't Remove Saddam" -- George Bush > [Sr.] and Brent Scowcroft Our prompt withdrawal helped cement our > position with our Arab allies, who now trusted us far more than they > ever had. We had come to their assistance in their time of need, asked > nothing for ourselves, and left again when the job was done. Full text > from 1998 Click here: Reasons Not to Invade Iraq, by George Bush Sr. - > Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council > <http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/history/2003/0419reaso\ > nsnot.htm> > ================================================================= > Anyone using the war for party gain should be deported. Some would say > impeach first. Cordiali saluti, > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
