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   From: alohacyberian@att.net   
      
   "Me"  wrote in message   
   news:srhi-7F2E50.16553712012004@comcast.ash.giganews.com...   
   >   
   > What are you talking about? There was a long trade embargo against Iraq.   
   > From what I have been hearing in the news lately, the embargo did prevent   
   > Saddam from building up his stash of WMD so it looks to me like this   
   > war was for nothing. Bush set out to find Saddam's WMD and retrieve them.   
   > That did not happen because Saddam had no WMD, as he claimed many times.   
   >   
   It's amusing that you would take the word of Saddam Hussein one of the most   
   monstrous criminals ever to walk the earth. KM   
      
   "Saddam (Hussein) must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world   
   with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons....Along with Prime   
   Minister (Tony) Blair of Great Britain, I made it equally clear that if   
   Saddam failed to cooperate fully we would be prepared to act without delay,   
   diplomacy or warning...   
      
   "Instead of inspectors disarming Saddam, Saddam has disarmed the   
   inspectors...I gave Saddam a chance -- not a license. If we turn our backs on   
   his defiance, the credibility of U.S. power as a check against Saddam will be   
   destroyed...If Saddam can cripple the weapons inspections system and get away   
   with it, he would conclude the international community, led by the United   
   States, has simply lost its will...He would surmise that he has free rein to   
   rebuild his arsenal of destruction...   
      
   "The best way to end that threat once and for all is with a new Iraqi   
   government -- a government ready to live in peace with its neighbors, a   
   government that respects the rights of its people...   
      
   "Saddam Hussein and the other enemies of peace may have thought that the   
   serious debate currently before the House of Representatives would distract   
   Americans or weaken our resolve to face him down..But once more, the United   
   States has proven that although we are never eager to use force, when we must   
   act in America's vital interests, we will do so."   
    ~ Bill Clinton, December 16, 1998, announcing airstrikes against Iraq   
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