Posted on 04/14/2003 7:18:52 PM PDT by HAL9000
I did not understand why Aldouri was not arrested in New York as a war criminal? He spewed the Sadamn line for 24 years and was 4th in command. He, the French, and CNN (for their complicity in hiding Sadamn's atrocities) are responsible for the deaths of a number of American soldiers. We should never forget that........
This is a clasic!
tHis went well because of the cooperation of the Brits. That cooperation had a price. A Palestinian state.
The key to stability in the eastern Mediterranean is to allow the principals the means to their own destiny. The principals, at present, have little control over the finance, trainning an importation of terrorists into Gaza and the West Bank by Syria via Lebanon.
If Bush is to keep his promise to Blair, Lebanon must be cleansed. The issue is a third rail in and out of the region but a task that has to completed. I believe the Bakka Valley is a reasonable next stop, not Damascus.
Of course there complete. We have war plans for most every bad guy in the world. If anything all these plans need is some tweeking here and there.
Let's chew and digest what we've bitten off already, shall we.
The smoke in Iraq hasn't even cleared yet. It's important that we do right by Iraq, which will require a lot of work and skill.
In the meantime Syria will have plenty of incentive to behave, with the United States's newest and largest aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. IRAQ, permanently moored on her Eastern border.
There are other ways and means besides an all-out military campaign, to deal with our other "problem children".
They are pretty thick in that part of the world, but what they've just witnessed has got to be seeping into what brains they have.
We seem to have gotten North Korea's undivided attention, without firing a shot at them. That's a huge benefit from the job already done. There will be more benefits.
Beside, this article is from the Guardian, a left-wing rag, so I wouldn't bet the farm on what "they know".
This wicked notion that somehow the SOB responsible for starting the wars can have a pass while our boys have to die infuriates me to the hilt. We that have fought have but one claim upon the commander in chief, that he purchase wisely with the currency of our blood.
I had a good freind, named Walker. He liked to sing. I watched as he burned to death when an Iraqi mortar landed directly on the tank he was driving during Desert Storm. He was not the only freind I lost, nor the only Marine I saw die. The political cowardice of Bush Sr. and Powell meant that it was all for very little if not nothing. Clinton's neglect played a major role in abetting 9-11, but Bush SR neglected too. All that has been acomplished with regards to terrorist preemption with the massively intimidating current campaign should have happened in 1991, and maybe, just maybe the towers would still stand. UBL has stated repeatedly that his main motivation was troops stationed in Saudi Arabia. These troops would not have needed to be there if we had finished the job in 91.
A president has a moral obligation to not spend the lives of American innocents (that's right, US Military members are INNOCENT) without killing the single person responsible for starting the war(s). This must be the measure of his resolve, God insists. Anything less is moral fraud of the worst kind, akin to murder.
Here is the recurring point in history where spineless politicians fumble the handoff and ruin the results of an otherwise perfect military victory. Many of those most responsible for the war are now in Syria, maybe even Saddam. Our young innocents have suffered and overcome valiantly their greatest challenge, and I pray now that their commander and cheif will not fail his. I would hate for yet another generation veterans to have to make excuses for their service.
I pray that Saddam dies now so that my children are safe from at least him. If he is again left alive, I pray that those responsible spend eternity with him.
Indeed. Also the Syrians have a better trained and equipped Army than most people are aware.
Two words: Diplomatic Immunity
Besides, watching where he runs is good. He was a mouthpiece in NY, the big fish, what's left of them and their supporters, are the ones we want.
None the less, the Syrians are no match for the U.S. military. Once the Syrian air power is reduced in short order, the pounding begins and nothing will be left of the Syrian military. I have no question about the outcome, whether it's Syria or Iran. They would be destroyed in a war with the U. S. military.
I have been reading the works of Victor Davis Hanson in his book "Autumn of War". Well worth reading. Helps explain what is going on. Syrian leaders would do well to read the book as well.
Yet, for now, the diplomatic jousting is in full swing. G. W. has put them on notice - harbor terrorist and we will come after you...one way or another.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least to find that this division is heading deep into Western Iraq...and it wouldn't surprise me if those two aircraft carriers leaving the Gulf being assigned a little "Med Cruise".
Nothing like just hanging out in the neighborhood...
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