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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (148933)	10/18/2002 5:28:16 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Check this out. The Israelis have already been in Iraq. The administration's pledge, which was conveyed during this week's visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, follows an undisclosed reconnaissance mission in western Iraq this summer by Israeli special forces, according to a former U.S. defense official. The covert Israeli operation was aimed at determining whether Iraq had the capability to launch drone aircraft, in addition to Scud missiles, from its desert air bases. I wonder if the Security Council said it was OK. washingtonpost.com

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (148933)	10/19/2002 12:32:31 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

When did we declare war on Iraq? When did we invade Iraq? If we declared war on Iraq and invaded Iraq, then why is Saddam still in power? You are full of sh$t.

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (148933)	10/19/2002 4:47:10 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 164684

<<"In the months after Bush's 2002 State of the Union address--which first outlined the "axis of evil" approach to the post-Afghanistan challenge and which made no reference whatsoever to the UN--Bush, in speech after speech, gave the impression that "regime change" in Baghdad was a matter of White House discretion. It was then that establishment realists, most prominently Brent Scowcroft and James Baker, sounded the alarm. The Bush war planners seemed quickly to realize that this time they had pushed unilateralism too far even for their Republican constituency, let alone their overseas allies. Congress and the UN were brought into the act, with obvious ambivalence, and the Administration shifted its overt call from "regime change" to "disarmament" via "coercive inspection." Both Congress and the UN Security Council are being asked to underwrite this approach, and Congress has already capitulated.>> thenation.com