Re: LRedir? -- off-topic junk ...

["Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

Quoting Davros <tashuu@newsguy.com>:
> There are a group of nuts, including some of the very top leaders,
> which were referred to as the HAWKS, who want a change of foreign
> policy to include preemption - this is public information, and
> has nothing to do with Sept. 11.

First off, I hate this junk on a technical list.

Secondly, I'm registered NO PARTY and I do not subject myself to such blind
affliations.

Third, I'm amazed at the hypocracy of Bill Clinton who bypassed the UN on so
many conflicts, from Somalia to Kosovo.  The only difference is that those were
smaller conflicts, this is a bigger one.  Watch where you throw the term "War
Hawk" because it points at as many Democrats as Republicans.

Fourth, I like to look outside the US.  I have looked at papers from Japan to
Saudi Arabia, and anyone who acknowledges the reality of the situation, it is
the fault of Saddam Hussein and no one else.  Especially the Japanese, who have
a constitution forbidding war.

Fifth, even Hans Blix says that inspections are useless without the cooperation
of Iraq.  He has repeatedly stated that there is no way to "inspect compliance"
without 100% Iraqi cooperation, and that cooperation has been limited.

Lastly, to quote Democrat Senator Joeseph Bidden, "This is not pre-emption, it
is enforcement.  It is enforment of resolution 876 and the clarification of that
resolution in resolution 1441."

In a nutshell, the US finally said the ceasefire is over, after 12 years of
non-compliance to its terms.  Otherwise any future ceasefire will be a joke.


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