02-13-2006, 04:02 PM
No, I do not feel it was an imminent threat and i've already said several times if you were paying attention that I would have finished what we started in Afghanistan first.
President Clinton didn't even bother making a case to the UN before invading Iraq. Bush made a far more aggressive diplomatic effort and worked with the UN to try and form a wide coalition. His father and Clinton went to war with far less diplomatic effort but this seems to be dismissed.
The downing street memos reveal their need to sell the war to the public, which is not all that shocking to me. What specifically are you pointing to in the downing street memo's that is some sort of smoking gun?
Quote:On November 8, 2002, the UN passed Resolution 1441 urging Iraq to disarm or face "serious consequences". The resolution passed with a 15 to 0 vote, supported by Russia, China and France, and Arab countries like Syria. This gave this resolution wider support than even the 1990 Gulf War resolution.
President Clinton didn't even bother making a case to the UN before invading Iraq. Bush made a far more aggressive diplomatic effort and worked with the UN to try and form a wide coalition. His father and Clinton went to war with far less diplomatic effort but this seems to be dismissed.
The downing street memos reveal their need to sell the war to the public, which is not all that shocking to me. What specifically are you pointing to in the downing street memo's that is some sort of smoking gun?
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