"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Jon,

I wonder if your selective memory can recall the Iraq-Iran war, the
Kuwait invasion, the American hostages in Iran, the Russian-afghanistan
war, the Taliban, the Suez Canal War, Israeli- Palestine problem,
Lebanon-Israeli problem, Syria-Lebanese problem, India-Afghanistan
dispute.

The Middle East was is Chaos. I would say the Mid-East life style has
been a true Chaos History long before Our involvement, all before George
2nd. Even before George 1st.

The USS Cole was a Clinton problem, Hostages a Jimmy Carter problem,
Suez war Eisenhower, Israeli-Palestine problem UN, Truman problem

I'm not a Bush backer but I'll not blame the Middle East Chaos on him.
In fact it may be better. Not for us maybe but in general terms better.
We've done away with the two no fly zones, tank truck smuggling of fuel
oil, even a Demo. Gov.;for what it's worth, better than the Dictatorship
that caused 3 Mid-East wars. Syria is out of Lebanon



So, we made it better or worse by invading Iraq? You tell me. Our
credibility is zero, when at one point we were seen as a somewhat honest
broker.

If you disagree with me, there's no need to attempt, feebly, to insult me.
It seems to me that you're memory is pretty selective too.

None of the items you site has ANYTHING to do with our immoral and
unwarranted invasion of Iraq. Bush LIED to the American people, and now our
troops and innocent Iraqis are paying the price.

Bush made the situation far, far worse. We've done away with nothing.
Missions are being flown every day, instead of smuggling oil, they're
smuggling terrorists across the border, and the "democracy" we created is
unwilling or unable (according to Bushco's own memo) to deal with the racial
violence. We had contained Saddam, and he would have fallen shortly. In
fact, if Bush Sr. had lived up to his word, Saddam probably would have been
gone already, and the Shiias who now hate us would have liked us for helping
them.

Syria is out of Lebanon and Hamas (their proxy) is creating a civil war
there.



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