🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 07 Sep 2002 23:34:24 GMT, tetraethyllead@yahoo.com (Brent P)
wrote:

>In article <3d7a85e4.10241997@news.ev1.net>, Monte wrote:
>> Yessireebob!  Ol' GeeDub has hauled out the PROOF positive, all that
>> is necessary to justify bombing the crap out of some nation, risking
>> the lives of thousands of fine young american military personnel and
>> devastate our nations economy.  He flung down a couple of satellite
>> photos that show unexplained bulding construction in Iraq.  By gawd,
>> he's convinced me.  In fact I say lets bomb every damn nation on this
>> planet that doesn't get a building permit from Donny Rumsfeld.
>
>So where were you when Bill Clinton got permission to use force 
>to get Iraq inline weapons wise without any special proof back in 1998?

Well, if memory serves, what the U.S. attacked were military
installations that were involved with doing or supporting Iraqi
attacks on our 'no-fly zone' patrol flights.  Uh, can you say direct
attack instead of  Rumsfeldian " I believe the they are a threat".
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