<For that you can blame it on the UN. >
Who made the decision, in 1991, to let Saddam slaughter the Shiites, and then do ethnic cleansing on the Kurds? The UN? No, that decision was made entirely and solely, by the U.S. President. We had total military control, we had the forces in place, we could have stopped the slaughter with minimal cost to ourselves. We chose not to.
There is a consistent pattern here, of an inability for the War Party and their apologists, to take personal responsibility for their own actions. Bill "Blackjack" Bennett has some stories about this, in his Book Of Virtues. Moral clarity, indeed.
Why is it so hard to say what Janet Reno said after Waco: "my decision, my responsibility, nobody else, I won't make any excuses." |
