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Sanity -> RE: Impeachment? (3/21/2011 5:52:07 PM)
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No one has tried to claim anything like Clinton invaded Iraq, panda, I have no idea where you pulled that out of. However Clinton was very clear that Saddam Hussein was a threat to the United States and the entire world
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Transcript President Clinton explains Iraq strike
December 16, 1998
[image]http://articles.cnn.com/images/pixel.gif[/image]Earlier today, I ordered Americas armed forces to strikemilitary and security targets in Iraq. They are joined byBritish forces. Their mission is to attack Iraqs nuclear,chemical and biological weapons programs and its militarycapacity to threaten its neighbors.Their purpose is to protect the national interest of theUnited States, and indeed the interests of people throughout theMiddle East and around the world.Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighborsor the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biologicalweapons.[image]http://articles.cnn.com/images/pixel.gif[/image]
[image]http://articles.cnn.com/images/pixel.gif[/image]I want to explain why I have decided, with the unanimousrecommendation of my national security team, to use force inIraq; why we have acted now; and what we aim to accomplish.
Six weeks ago, Saddam Hussein announced that he would nolonger cooperate with the United Nations weapons inspectorscalled UNSCOM. They are highly professional experts from dozensof countries. Their job is to oversee the elimination of Iraqscapability to retain, create and use weapons of massdestruction, and to verify that Iraq does not attempt to rebuildthat capability.
The inspectors undertook this mission first 7.5 years ago atthe end of the Gulf War when Iraq agreed to declare and destroyits arsenal as a condition of the ceasefire.The international community had good reason to setthis requirement. Other countries possess weapons of massdestruction and ballistic missiles. With Saddam, there is onebig difference He has used them. Not once, but repeatedly.Unleashing chemical weapons against Iranian troops during adecadelong war. Not only against soldiers, but againstcivilians, firing Scud missiles at the citizens of Israel, SaudiArabia, Bahrain and Iran. And not only against a foreign enemy,but even against his own people, gassing Kurdish civilians inNorthern Iraq.
The international community had little doubt then, and I haveno doubt today, that left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will usethese terrible weapons again.
The United States has patiently worked to preserve UNSCOM asIraq has sought to avoid its obligation to cooperate with theinspectors. On occasion, weve had to threaten military force,and Saddam has backed down.
Faced with Saddams latest act of defiance in late October,we built intensive diplomatic pressure on Iraq backed byoverwhelming military force in the region. The UN SecurityCouncil voted 15 to zero to condemn Saddams actions and todemand that he immediately come into compliance.
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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda
And exactly how many times did Clinton invade Iraq? Got even a rough estimate, for that matter?
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