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

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (752775)	10/30/2006 2:22:02 PM
From: Smiling Bob	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

The initial reason we went into Iraq was to stop Saddam from using WMD. That was based upon and authorized as a result of doctored "intelligence" presented by current band of liars in charge in order to convince Congress, the US, and the world that we were facing imminent attack. The real reason was The Tushman was given the ultimate new toy by his dad, an entire military, to do with whatever he pleased. To show his gratitude, he ousted the guy who ridiculed Tush Sr. Something most son's would do for their dad. And the money ain't bad either. Do you not remember the flak Sr endured when he failed to finish the job in 1991? Not a very flattering legacy for a president. So... convince me otherwise. In 1991, the president emerged as the leader of an international coalition of Western democracies, Japan, and even some Arab states that came together to free Kuwait following an invasion of the country by Iraq in Aug. 1990. The coalition forces defeated Iraq in only a little more than a month after Operation Desert Storm was launched on Jan. 16–17, 1991, and a nation grateful at feeling the end of the “Vietnam syndrome” gave the president an 89% approval rating. However, the high rating fell as the year went on, as doubts persisted about the war's outcome—Iraqi president Saddam Hussein remained in power and persistently avoided complying with the terms of the peace treaty—and as concerns began to grow about the faltering U.S. economy and other domestic problems.