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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: jlallen who wrote (296577)9/13/2002 4:08:16 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Obviously, you don't get out much... and don't follow 'current events'.

Any history of Desert Storm and it's aftermath, any news pieces (Time magazine, NYT, BBC, Wash Post, CNN... any!) on the Kurdish slaughter could refresh your memory.

...He promised full American support for the an uprising. It wouldn't have happened without his promise... and they were allowed to be slaughtered. The CIA agents were pulled out and support was halted while civilians were being machine gunned by Saddam's forces from helicopters.

You don't renege on a promise of a nation's support... without doing great damage to the nation's (and the Presidency's) reputation.
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