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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Bill Grant who wrote (22073)12/18/1998 1:56:00 PM
From: DMaA  Respond to of 67261
 
Nor me nor Charles Krauthammer

What pushed him over the edge this time? A report. Clinton said that after reviewing U.N. chief inspector Richard Butler's report on Iraqi noncompliance, he had to act.

But there was nothing in the report he did not already know. Among the report's documented violations, Clinton told the nation, was that "prior to the inspection of [one] site, Iraq actually emptied out the building." Shocked -- shocked! -- to find cheating going on, Clinton took America to war.

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Some very interesting comments about Ramadan too.

Moreover, if Ramadan is such a sensitive issue, does that mean there can be no continuing the Iraq campaign past Saturday? Is Clinton giving Saddam 30 days' sanctuary? If so, this is militarily crazy. If not, it is logically crazy: Starting to kill Muslims on Ramadan is bad, but merely continuing do so is just fine?



To: Bill Grant who wrote (22073)12/18/1998 9:38:00 PM
From: pezz  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 67261
 
What prey, tell would he have to gain by delaying the inevitable for a few days? I notice that Scott mentions that Clinton stated that he had the unanimous support of his advisers but never said what axe these people had to grind. When he called back the planes the last time all he got was criticism. Clinton is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
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