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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (368251)	3/7/2003 6:15:35 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Georgie boy was talking like a funeral director last night, no loud-mouth "evil of axis" diatribe and bluster. But it was a very poor sales job that few bought. len

To: PROLIFE who wrote (368251)	3/7/2003 6:21:25 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Well, for one thing, we could have prevented Saddam from invading Kuwait in the first place. The British prevented an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the early 1960s by sending troops to prevent it. We must have had satelites trained on Saddam's troops and picked up his troop buildup along the border with Kuwait. Along with his saber-rattling, it should have been obvious that he intended to invade Kuwait. And, the U.S. didn't have destroy Iraq's infrastructure the way we did. That has caused more Iraqi deaths and suffering then were really necessary. In any case, other invasions have occurred in which the U.S. did nothing in response. China invading Tibet. Indonesia invading East Timor. And, the U.S. stood by and did nothing. In fact, we supplied the Indonesians with arms. So, the main issue wasn't agression. It really was all about oil and protecting the oil supplies in that region of the world. People even ask me if I think we should allow Saddam to control so much oil? So, yes the U.S. does have blood on it's hands when it selectively responds to agression and does nothing to prevent it in the first place.