Josh
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Thu Oct-09-03 10:18 PM
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Look what Bush Sr wrote in his book re: invading Iraq |
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>"Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable >human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably >impossible.... We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, >in effect, rule Iraq.... there was no viable "exit strategy" we >could see, violating another of our principles. Furthermore, we >had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling >aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying >Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, >would have destroyed the precedent of international response to >aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion >route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying >power in a bitterly hostile land".
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SlavesandBulldozers
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Thu Oct-09-03 10:20 PM
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1. its a sad state of affairs |
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when George Sr. sounds smart.
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Nevernose
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Fri Oct-10-03 12:05 AM
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7. In all fairness to George Sr. |
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He was (is) a pretty bright guy, and the inventor of the phrase "voodoo economics" to describe Reagan's crumbs-from-the-table economics (a.k.a. "trickle-down" economics).
He's EVIL, granted, but intelligent nonetheless.
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Thu Oct-09-03 10:29 PM
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2. And that's exactly what we've got!!!......Thank you NEO-cons!!! |
SammyWinstonJack
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Thu Oct-09-03 10:29 PM
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3. Guess Jr didn't read Daddy's book |
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"Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land". When was this book written?
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:57 PM
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5. He doesn't read newspapers... |
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and you expect him to read a whole book?
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SammyWinstonJack
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Fri Oct-10-03 12:02 AM
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6. Oh yeah, that's right, he did admit to that |
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Whatever was I thinking? :silly:
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Gloria
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Thu Oct-09-03 11:06 PM
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4. Why don't the Dems start throwing this quote around???? |
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Sorry, we don't want to upset Chimpy....
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