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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (67740)	1/22/2003 2:55:44 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

BBM, I actually still think there was logic to the Bush policy in the Gulf War. A move toward bagdad would have broken the alliance and Bush felt there could be a future in the mideast with the alliance intact. Its only after we lost interest and allowed saddam to rearm, culminating in clinton and the UN allowing inspectors to be kicked out that one wished for a chance to change the origingal decision. And its that 20/20 hindsight thing. mike

To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (67740)	1/23/2003 12:29:40 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

From the Columbia Encyclopedia, "In the Middle East, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990, provided the occasion for the most striking foreign policy achievement of the Bush administration (see Persian Gulf War). Bush saw the expulsion of Iraqi forces from Kuwait by an American-led international coalition as a test of U.S. resolve to uphold and enforce what he termed the “new world order.” The success of Bush’s military policy led to unprecedented popularity at home, but the U.S. triumph in the Persian Gulf War was not complete; Saddam Hussein retained power in Iraq. In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, under prodding from Bush and Secretary of State James A. Baker, comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace talks began in late 1991." The key sentence the US triumph was not complete because Hussein retained power Do you understand. Mission NOT accomplished.