[algol]

We are responsible for the deaths of Iraqis who opposed Hussein and were killed by helicopter gunships we allowed to fly.

Bullsh*t.

Saddam and those who followed his orders are responsible -- and are now suffering the consequences.

Could we have done more? Yes -- as I implied in the post you're responding to. Perhaps if Bush 41 had won reelection, we would have. Nobody knows.

[GraniteStateConservative]

We watched and did nothing (and we had the power to do everything) as Hussein violated verbal agreements from the ceasefire and annihilated Iraqis we encouraged to rebel. This was in 1991. Bush 41 was still fully in power. Clintoon was president.

"We believe Iraq is a single country, that it is good for the stability of the region that it maintain its territorial integrity. We do not intend to involve ourselves in the internal power struggles of the country," Mr Fitzwater said yesterday (3-27-91).

Massacring Iraqis who oppose Hussein's tyranny-- why that's just an internal power struggle, that's all. [/sarcasm]

Bah.