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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
didn't the containment that was working include our starving the people of Iraq with sanctions and require us to have a few hundred thousand soldiers on its border? you see those as acceptable long term?
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the problem inherently exhibited in that response Hank, is that containment wasn't working. Saddam continued to be the preeminent force for destabilisation in the region.
Three quotes:
".......our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
- President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as has ten times since 1983."
- Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002 |
indeed.
