Re: Call Her an Idiot

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From: Dave Thompson
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 18:58

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"Rod & BJ" <soggy@pacifier.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Merlin Dorfman"
> > : I think both you and Soggy are wearing partisan blinders.  Clinton did
> > : nothing vis-a-vis Iraq to distinguish himself as a exceptional
> > : statesman or strategist; neither did he fuck up on a grand scale.  He
> > : stuck to a modest agenda that recognized the immense complexities of
> > : any policy in that region.
> >
> >      Maybe sticking to a modest agenda that recognizes the
> > complexities is exceptional statesmanship compared to what came
> > before and after  :-)
>
> Clinton's lack in Iraq was simply not enforcing the weapons
> inspections.....once Saddam limited the inspections or would not allow the
> weapon inspectors return he was non compliant with the agreed upon
> terms.....a suitable response on Clinton's part was not forthcoming....a
> contract without enforcement is worth less than the paper it is written
on.
> Allowing the "bad guys" to do as they will is not a modest response nor
> exceptional statesmenship but rather simply letting others in the future
fix
> "your" problem or do the job you should have done....Soggy.

Maybe you've forgotten the weapons inspection was the job of the UN - not
the U.S.

Contrary to that view is the one that many people have that Clinton
inherited Bush's weapons inspectors, de-armament plan, no-fly zones, and oil
embargo mish mash and did a pretty good job keeping it going for eight
years. Though many in the Pentagon thought the whole things was a big CF
Clinton made it work. He could have dropped it altogether.

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From: "Dave Thompson" <dav13795@wdmdx1.com>
Newsgroups: pdx.general,seattle.general,ba.general,la.general
Subject: Re: Call Her an Idiot
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 11:58:16 -0700
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