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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (50473)	9/28/2004 10:29:38 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 81568

"Iraq was never associated with the Al Qaeda threat. Bush has acknowledged that when he told us all that the intelligence on which he acted was flawed." That is not true in any way, shape or form. The Senate Intelligence Report documented multiple ties between Iraq & Al Qaeda. They also documented that Iraq harbored, trained & financed terrorists. They aren't the only source of credible evidence of Iraq's ties to Al Qaeda & other terrorist organizations. Bush never said all the intelligence he acted on was flawed. Not even close. "He went in too early, he declared "Mission Accomplished"" That is not true. UN Resolution 1441 was passed on November 7th. Saddam was required to IMMEDIATELY comply fully to all of the demands. Instead he immediately returned to non- compliance as he had for more than 12 years. Bush allowed Saddam to repeatedly violate Resolution 1441 multiple times in an egregious manner over 5 months before we moved to remove him. And Bush NEVER said, "Mission Accomplished". He said "Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended".

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (50473)	9/29/2004 9:31:05 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

If Desert Storm was such a success, why didn't Kerry support it? Note: I see wstera has already dealt with some issues. I'll confine myself to commenting on the "successful" Desert Storm. At the time, everyone thought it was a great success. I would have said so then too. But the last dozen years have shown that war ended in stalemate with no resolution of the underlying problem. Definitely not a success. There is no substitute for victory. Certainly, stalemate is no substitute for victory. Something to consider: Osama's top two complaints against the US (in his fatwas) - the US military presence in SA and the UN embargo of Iraq - would have been unnecessary if Saddam had been overthrown in '91.