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To: Mastador1

Rand Paul and his idiot dad have no clue. Both of them should do some reading.

William
William J. Clinton
Statement on Signing the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998
October 31, 1998

Today I am signing into law H.R. 4655, the “Iraq Liberation Act of 1998.” This Act makes clear that it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should support those elements of the Iraqi opposition that advocate a very different future for Iraq than the bitter reality of internal repression and external aggression that the current regime in Baghdad now offers.

Let me be clear on what the U.S. objectives are:

The United States wants Iraq to rejoin the family of nations as a freedom-loving and lawabiding member. This is in our interest and that of our allies within the region.

The United States favors an Iraq that offers its people freedom at home. I categorically reject arguments that this is unattainable due to Iraq’s history or its ethnic or sectarian makeup. Iraqis deserve and desire freedom like everyone else.

The United States looks forward to a democratically supported regime that would permit us to enter into a dialogue leading to the reintegration of Iraq into normal international life.

My Administration has pursued, and will continue to pursue, these objectives through active application of all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions. The evidence is overwhelming that such changes will not happen under the current Iraq leadership.

In the meantime, while the United States continues to look to the Security Council’s efforts to keep the current regime’s behavior in check, we look forward to new leadership in Iraq that has the support of the Iraqi people. The United States is providing support to opposition groups from all sectors of the Iraqi community that could lead to a popularly supported government.


17 posted on 06/22/2014 9:19:15 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: shelterguy

Great post and facts from the past only apply to lieberals when and if it meets their agenda in their current assesments. That’s why they hate absolute truth’s and go with moral relativism because they change the rules and move the goalposts as they see fit and justify doing it with deceptions and obfuscations.
Such a lovely bunch of liars and unaccountable deceivers.


31 posted on 06/22/2014 9:29:32 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: shelterguy

Exactly. I’ve had this ready to post myself. Thanks for posting it.

The Dems would have supported this exact war, with the exact series of events and blips, had Clinton for Obama conducted it. This is why Paul needs to shut up. He is only helping these flip floppers.


40 posted on 06/22/2014 9:34:17 AM PDT by CommieCutter ("For an idea to be too simplistic, it must first be proven wrong" --Thomas Sowell)
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