To: soothsayer99
I think Bush Sr. didn't take Saddam out the first time because of fear of Democratic backlash. Baloney. It had everything to do with the fact that the UN resolutions on the Iraq-Kuwait situation didn't authorize it. Doing anything more than liberating Kuwait from Iraqi occupation and establishing sanctions on Iraq would have been an international relations disaster.
Taking out Saddam was not an option. Had GHWB tried, the whole world would have gone nuts over his exceeding his UN authority.
26 posted on
09/12/2003 8:15:33 AM PDT by
Bob
(http://www.TomMcClintock.com)
To: Bob
[Bush Sr. not taking out Saddam] had everything to do with the fact that the UN resolutions on the Iraq-Kuwait situation didn't authorize it. Doing anything more than liberating Kuwait from Iraqi occupation and establishing sanctions on Iraq would have been an international relations disaster.
Taking out Saddam was not an option. Had GHWB tried, the whole world would have gone nuts over his exceeding his UN authority.
Exactly!
42 posted on
09/12/2003 8:33:07 AM PDT by
Fawnn
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