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To: what's up
Pres. Bush didn't send troops in just to nation-build like Clinton did.

Pres. Bush sent troops in for national security reasons.

That's the theory, or the justification, or the excuse, but so far as I can see it really doesn't hold up in reality.

The idea that we were just going to go into Iraq and immediately leave was naïve, whether politicians or ordinary voters believed it, and the politicians ought to have known better.

21 posted on 11/18/2013 1:22:48 PM PST by x
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To: x
That's the theory, or the justification, or the excuse, but so far as I can see it really doesn't hold up in reality

I'm not really sure what you mean. Do you think Saddam wasn't making everyone think he had WMD?

Was he not shooting at our planes in the no-fly zone, abusing food for oil, didn't he use chemical WMD on his people, wasn't he toying with the inspectors?

Is it your opinion that someone who had invaded Iraq to try to get dominion in the Gulf and was now terrorizing the world should have continued his rebellion forever?

23 posted on 11/18/2013 1:48:47 PM PST by what's up
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