Say it with me now: 1. Cease fire violations are an act of war. 2. Attempting to assassinate a former president is an act of war. 3. Firing on U.S. aircraft is an act of war.
Dana wrote: > 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:252358 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
