If America didn't have a mandate to invade Iraq after Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, launching missiles at Israel, gassing their own citizens etc..., then on what moral high ground do they stand today
I find no connection between the reason for the Gulf War and the reasoning behind our purported plans to attack today. In the Gulf War, we had not been concerned about his development of WMD! We were going for one purpose only, which was to liberate Kuwait. Today, the situation is totally different.
Again, it is easy 10 years hence to criticize what was done, but 10 years ago we were faced with different circumstances and a different set of options. The decision made at that time was correct given the information we had at that time. Today, we all wish we had gone to Baghdad; 10 years ago everything was different.
It is bizarre to me that Bush 41 is taking criticism, even from conservatives, about this. While the cowboy mentality would have had us go to Baghdad, Bush 41 used appropriate restraint, said, "we've accomplished our mandate", and did what he should have. |
