Iraq wasn't the wedge. In fact, none of the Egyptian protestors said anything about Iraq...the wedge was probably where it started...in Tunisia... Egypt really hammered it home when they succeeded. Notice that it wasn't until then that things really ramped up elsewhere. Yes, there were protests elsewhere, but they were just protests...not full-fledged, regime changing revolutions.
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Munn [mailto:cfmuns...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 01:32 To: cf-community Subject: Re: Mig 23 fighter shot down over Benghazi!! Creating a democratic wedge in a sea of tyrants was always the strategic goal - one that has helped change the very order of the Middle East. As Bush has said, he is comfortable being judged by history. On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No. The difference is that the Bush government said that they were > attacking because Saddam presented a clear and present danger to the > United States, and had active weapons of mass destruction which he > intended to use against America and its allies. > > This turned out to not be the case. > > The above was the PRIMARY reason for the war, as stated by Bush and > his administration several times. > > In stark contrast the World, via the UN, has stated that they are > attempting to protect the people of Libya after Gaddaffi stated that > he would murder them without mercy to retain control of the country. > And THAT is the primary reason for these attacks. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335439 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
