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On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:16:38 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:23:49 -0700, Canuck57
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The old approach of fly in, bomb the targets and leave was a far better
policy than occupation.

The problem with that is it accomplishes nothing and alienates
everyone, including people who should be our allies.
By the end of the "bomb them from orbit" Clinton administration we had
lost the respect of most of the world. That is why the Iraq sanctions
were failing.


Again with the revisionist history lesson?? Clinton was hugely popular
both
here and abroad. He remains so. It's Bush who lost the world's respect for
the US.
Perhaps I need to clarify, Clinton was popular but his Iraq policy was
roundly rebuked. There were protesters in the street all over Europe.
Most of the EU was defying the embargo.


His containment policy worked pretty well, although it was starting to
weaken toward the end of his second term. It was a heck of a lot better than
what came next though.

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