To: Hawkmoon who wrote (186001 ) 5/1/2006 11:31:18 PM From: jttmab Read Replies (1) | Respond to I see.. so it's all back to "selling" the people of the world that we need to use military force to intervene in the affairs of another country, eh?? ALSO a country in the throughs [I think you mean throws] of a limited civil war, and where various ethnic groups such as the Shi'a and Kurds ARE STILL TARGETED in a deliberate act of what the victims probably believe is genocide?? Immediately after Desert Storm, the Shi'a hosted an uprising against their oppressor, the Ba'thist government, and upwards of hundreds of thousands of them were slaughtered as a result. I didn't see anyone "bending the rules" to support them in their cause to fight the genocide that had been perpetrated against them for decades. And btw, exactly what kind of "misinformation" am I guilty of purveying?? Specific examples would be helpful, rather than ad hominem attacks against me. Be careful how you answer me on this.. I've worked with quite a few people who were there, and actually involved in the events of "Blackhawk Down". So I've received a bit of their perspective on this matter. But when we discover that Abu Mus'ab Al Zarqawi, AN ACKNOWLEDGED MEMBER OF AL QAI'DA is being provided safe harbor and refuge in Iraq, along with the Al Qai'da sub-group, Ansar Al Islam (later Ansar Al Sunnah), people of YOUR ILK couldn't find the intestinal fortitude to apply the same "treatment" to Saddam that we did to the Taliban. You're all ready to saddle up your trust white steeds, down your Ivory Stetsons, and go off on a humanitarian mission to Darfur The Mythbuster .Take off the "rose-colored glasses" and think VERY DEEPLY about just how far you're going to be willing to escalate the use of military force to achieve your currently undefined political and humanitarian goals.
