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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (175914)	11/27/2005 10:56:38 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Noncompliance with an order to desist from an invasion is a bit different from what was going in Iraq for Mr. Bush's preemptive war. IMO. It's the whole reason I was for the intervention to repel the invaders of Kuwait. When there is an invasion, there is a good justification for war, to protect the sovereignty of the nation invaded (for those of us who see notions of sovereignty in international law as a key to stability going forward.) I realize you were playing gotcha, but I was afraid a rather important point might get lost in that game. Carry on.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (175914)	11/27/2005 2:55:20 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

No. Iraq invaded another country which they wouldn't have had Bush 41 bothered to preempt it. It also wouldn't have been an issue if the US hadn't consistently pushed to have Iraq be 'the bulwark' against Iran. All in all, it's a mess of a foreign policy which Dumbya only exacerbates by toppling governments and leaving power vacuums. The final analysis is, we get away from reliance on fossil fuels and stop meddling in the affairs of the region. Remember when Bush got up in front of the world in his SOTU address and said: we must topple Saddam because we have to defend the UN and its resolution? Do you? Right-o....because he didn't. Bush got up in front of the world and said Saddam was seeking uranium from Africa meaning that he was an IMMINENT THREAT TO THE US OF A. If you're going to defend Bush's policy in Iraq then defend BUSH'S POLICY not the fabrication of it 3 years down the road. Oh yeah, where in the UN resolution did it say to topple Saddam and create 'democracy' in Iraq at the cost of $300 billion and tens of thousands of lives? Where?