Jennifer, The no-fly zone attrition campaign went from about 1991 through to the start of the current Iraq conflict. So this was going on from the end of Bush 1 through the Clinton presidency and into Shrub's term. While I understood the reasoning behind setting up the no-fly zones, Bush I really blew it - as soon as the Iraqi army started on the marsh arabs south of Basra and the Kurds in 1991, this should have been considered a violation of the cease fire. As such it should have been met with a far stronger response, and prevented quite a few atrocities.
larry On 7/8/05, Jennifer Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Technically, if you read the information that was recently released, > we invaded Iraq long before Bush even went to Congress for war > authorization (which he said he wouldn't use). We had already started > bombing their telecommunications systems and electric plants and other > infrastructure to pre-emptively take out their ability to fight back. > We bombed things in Iraq outside the no-fly zone without provocation, > although this was covered up at the time. > > So in reality, they may have been fighting back against a foreign invader. > > I'm not saying that they didn't do anything wrong, but I am saying > that WE did and the public (and congress) were misled about that. > > On 7/8/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A quibble point Gruss - Iraqi forces before the invasion attacked US > > and coalition forces on a regular basis. Remember since the first Gulf > > War Iraq had 2 very large no-fly zone patrolled by US and coalition > > aircraft. The Iraqi army regularly tried to shoot them down, usually > > resulting in an Iraqi anti-aircraft missle or battery, or an electric > > plant being bombed by US forces. > > -- > "You can't destroy EVERYthing. Where would you sit?" The Tick > > Now for hire... > http://www.blivit.org/mr_urc/index.cfm > > Now blogging.... > http://www.blivit.org/blog/index.cfm > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163944 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
