why in the name of all that is holy are intelligent people *still* bringing up 9/11 as a cause of the invasion of Iraq? If it is a cause it is a sign of dysfunction. It's like flaming Tim because you disagree with Gruss. As for Saddam, well, he pretty much brought his personal fate on himself, but you can't say the fact that he was an asshole is the cause of the invasion, because a lot of countries including ours have assholes as leaders and do not get invaded.
On 1/29/08, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O Jan 28, 2008 11:13 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No one forced the US to invade, but the events of 9/11 created such deep > > paranoia within the US government about the source of the attacks and > > possible future attacks that any obfuscation or obstruction by Saddam- > > already an enemy of the United States- was bound to be seen as a prelude > > to > > hostile action. Go back and look at the videos of people like Hillary > > Clinton and John Kerry voting to authorize the invasion. I'm not trying to > > point fingers here, I just want to illustrate how deeply 9/11 affected the > > worldview of the US government in those first couple of years after the > > attacks. Had he better understood the situation, he probably would have > > cooperated, don't you think? And the invasion would have been avoided. > > > > > I know it's almost cliche now to bring up 9/11, but it really is pertinent. > I remember how so utterly pissed off I was in the days and months following > the attack on New York. I didn't need much of an excuse to unleash a beat > down. > > I remember that all the world leaders put out messages of > condolences....except for Huessein. He said we had gotten what we deserved. > Hell, I was ready to invade right then and there. > > It's no excuse, I know that, and our war in Iraq has been an absolute mess > and was a mistake, in my opinion. But dammit, it was the complacency and > general anti-American atmosphere in the middle east that helped foment, > protect, and allow the attacks on my country that left 3000 plus innocent > people killed. > > You can't punch someone in the face, and then be pissed off when they kick > you back....i just wish our counter attack had been more focused and > affective. > > -- > The passion that sparked me one terrible night > And shocked and persuaded my soul to delight > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:252330 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
