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To: tejek who wrote (140828)	12/6/2001 10:06:13 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586023

I wonder if he will get Saddam this time. This notion that Saddam should have been taken out last time is one put forth by unthinking people (many of whom are Republicans, I might add). It is really easy to Monday Morning Quarterback the situation; however, Bush I was operating under a mandate that would not have tolerated a continuance of the war on to Baghdad. Admit it -- you'd have been the first in line to complain had Bush done what you're suggesting. He did precisely what he should have done and I believe history will view the Gulf War as precisely what it was -- a HUGE defeat of a very strong military by the United States, with minimal loss of life ("wait til those body bags start coming home ... remember that?"). It is, to me, absurd, that a liberal would question what Bush I did in Iraq. Bush goes in and roundly defeats Saddam; then Clinton lays down while Saddam ejects the weapons inspectors. No Bush (1 or 2) would have allowed this to happen -- it was a horrible foreign policy blunder that only a White House packed with rank amateurs could have made. Today, we have have a White House that oozes competence, integrity, experience, and committment. Man, what a difference a year makes!