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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (148924)	10/18/2002 3:58:38 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

We had tens of thousands of ground troops in Iraq during Desert Storm. GST is blowing.

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (148924)	10/18/2002 4:38:18 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

Iraq invaded Kuwait. The US never invaded Iraq. If we had invaded Iraq we would not be having this discussion today. UN-led forces, which included the US, succeeded in pushing Iraqis out of Kuwait. UN-led troops did enter and bomb Iraqi territory as a function of driving Iraq out of Kuwait. Once that was accomplished there was no mandate to continue to fight with Iraq -- as I have already posted, it was forbidden by the Security Council. The possibility of an invasion was debated but almost unanimously rejected by Bush and the Generals running the war -- especially by Schwarzkopf. An invasion would have no legal basis -- and it still does not. When asked if it was the "right choice", Schwazkopf continues to be clear on the issue -- there was no real choice to be made, an invasion was not sanctioned by the UN. The US was not fighting to defend America, it was fighting to drive Iraqis from Kuwait.