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Originally Posted by Sowa
You know what's funny is that if Bush Sr. would have done his job in the early 1990's than Americans would have been cast as heros for their efforts in Iraq. 20 years later they are villains. Hopefully the people of the US have learned to never elect another Bush to president again...
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George H.W. Bush 1999:
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We did not wish to see the breakup of the Iraqi state. We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. Unilaterally exceeding the U.N.'s mandate would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the U.S. could still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land.
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Last edited by Bobblehead; 09-11-2006 at 11:13 AM.
Reason: Added link to source essay
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