To: yonif
It is not 2002. Part of the reluctance then was mere "move order". We wanted a clear shot at Iraq, and that meant it was not the time. Iraq has been done. Stop being scared of shadows and looking for excuses abroad. Move.
77 posted on
02/21/2004 11:16:44 PM PST by
JasonC
To: JasonC
A few months (and the US was already into Iraq), IDF took positions opposite Arafat's HQ in a building. This was following another terror attack. The US pressured Israel to remove them.
US Stopped Israeli Raid to Seize Arafat
"The United States does not support either the elimination or the exile of Mr. Arafat," Powell said.
81 posted on
02/21/2004 11:21:56 PM PST by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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