Nov 12, 2007, 11:45 AM
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Nov 12, 2007, 11:51 AM
Ya believe the pretzel story , dew ya ??
I know it's early but I think I'll make myself a bloody mary.
I know it's early but I think I'll make myself a bloody mary.
Nov 12, 2007, 12:03 PM
Pepin Gatiesa Wrote:Ya believe the pretzel story , dew ya ??
I know it's early but I think I'll make myself a bloody mary.
Yo pepin tom - ya mean bushy boy made it all up to improve his poll ratings? Bit like WMD then. What ya tink then peeping, mrs bushy boy caught the commandante in flagrante with condieeezzza?
Still, it beats honoring a biscuit, even a fully fledged Cuban anti-abortion shortcake.
Nov 13, 2007, 11:41 AM
Pepin Gatiesa Wrote:Ya believe the pretzel story , dew ya ??
I know it's early but I think I'll make myself a bloody mary.
It's NEVER too early for a bloody mary.
Nov 15, 2007, 04:47 PM
I think George Sr. smacked him upside his head and said, "You dumb f-u-c-k. Too bad you don't know how to read you ignorant s*&t or you wouldn't have invaded Iraq. If you had read my book, it said:
Excerpt from "Why We Didn't Remove Saddam" by George Bush [Sr.] and Brent Scowcroft, Time (2 March 1998):
"While we hoped that popular revolt or coup would topple Saddam, neither the U.S. nor the countries of the region wished to see the breakup of the Iraqi state. We were concerned about the long-term balance of power at the head of the Gulf. Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in "mission creep," and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible. We had been unable to find Noriega in Panama, which we knew intimately. We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. The coalition would instantly have collapsed, the Arabs deserting it in anger and other allies pulling out as well. Under those circumstances, furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-cold war world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the U.N.'s mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the U.S. could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different--and perhaps barren--outcome."
I've been told that the same passage appears on page 489 of Bush and Scowcroft's book, A World Transformed (Alfred A. Knopf, 1998).
Excerpt from "Why We Didn't Remove Saddam" by George Bush [Sr.] and Brent Scowcroft, Time (2 March 1998):
"While we hoped that popular revolt or coup would topple Saddam, neither the U.S. nor the countries of the region wished to see the breakup of the Iraqi state. We were concerned about the long-term balance of power at the head of the Gulf. Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in "mission creep," and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible. We had been unable to find Noriega in Panama, which we knew intimately. We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. The coalition would instantly have collapsed, the Arabs deserting it in anger and other allies pulling out as well. Under those circumstances, furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-cold war world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the U.N.'s mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the U.S. could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different--and perhaps barren--outcome."
I've been told that the same passage appears on page 489 of Bush and Scowcroft's book, A World Transformed (Alfred A. Knopf, 1998).
NovusQ
Dec 14, 2007, 01:13 AM
It was all about WMD...haven't you heard?