hocndoc: There are consequences to aggression and fraud of the sort that Saddam committed against our Nation. Enforcing those consequences is not aggression.Mr. S: Operation Iraqi Freedom--Definition: The resumption of hostilities with Iraq when that nation egregiously and repeatedly violated the cease fire agreement signed with the United States in 1991.
Exactly, with penalties.
It isn't aggression or intervention to monitor against fraud or to enforce agreements, and to carry through with our contracts, even if someone else commits fraud.
Like it or not, our defense cannot stop at our borders. It didn't at Tripoli (Barbary) and Montezuma (Mexico City) and it can't now, when we must defend against aircraft, missiles, bioweapons.
We can't start each day as though there are no complications from yesterday. As the exchange with Roh of Korea demonstrates, there are complications of history. We'd better have leaders willing to and able to protect us against frauds and aggressors or we won't have a future.
The RPers joined have become the blame America first, punish America only, crowd. Mr. Silverback thanks for all that information. I'm saving this thread.
Amen.
Well done....