[Lorianne]

I didn’t say we were taking sides in a religious war. The reasons given at the time were that the poor Kuwaiti’s were being overrun and slaughtered and we just had to go in and save them. (I remember the rhetoric back then)

I’m saying, economic interests or not, we should stay out of there and they should stay out of here.

It’s not religious for us, but it is for them.

[okie01]

The reasons given at the time were that the poor Kuwaiti’s were being overrun and slaughtered and we just had to go in and save them. (I remember the rhetoric back then)

You do not recall "The free flow of oil at market prices"? It was on the tip of GHWB's tongue and was repeated incessantly at the drop of a hat.

Precisely because it was THE reason for intervention -- and a legitimate one.

Personally, I don't recall a single humanitarian justification issuing from the administration.

[papertyger]

The reasons given at the time were that the poor Kuwaiti’s were being overrun and slaughtered and we just had to go in and save them. (I remember the rhetoric back then)

Now you're just being deceitful. I don't know whose rhetoric you're remembering, but it sure wasn't what the rest of us remember.