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Tomservo · 06-10-2004, 11:56 AM

April Glaspie was at the heart of the "approval" to invade Kuwait:

It is possible to ague, however (and many have done so), that Glaspie's statements that "We have no opinion on your Arab - Arab conflicts" and that "the Kuwait issue is not associated with America" were interpreted by Saddam as giving tacit approval of his annexation of Kuwait.

http://www.fact-index.com/a/ap/april_glaspie.html

Glaspie's comments have been discussed at length by everyone in the political realm. Regardless of whether her intention was to give the "okay", she didn't seem to be discouraging the border dispute by any accounts.

"He has a proven track record of attacking other countries and citizens within his own country."

Attacking a country (Kuwait) with a border dispute... funny, I seem to recall nearly all of Europe AND the USA being involved in border disputes. Attacking Iran..with our help?

"He has a proven track record of pursuing nuclear and chemical weapons."

We have a proven track record of producing nuclear and chemical weapons, and or USING atomic bombs and low-grade chemical weapons.

"He has a proven track record of hiding weapons, including sending them to other countries."

We have a proven track record of hiding weapon development, including the aforementioned atomic bomb.

"He has a proven track record of obstructing UN inspections."

We have a proven track record of ignoring the UN and starting a war. He has a proven track record of ignoring the UN, and... ? Doing nothing with the weapons that may or may not exist in a scrap heap in Europe?

You cannot point the long finger at Saddam without first realizing that WE are guilty of the very "evil deeds" he's committed. The dude's a scumbag, sure, but if he wanted to drop bioweapons on his people, Iran, whatever, he had an opportuniry to do it when he was certainly defeated in war. The fact that he didn't even attempt to suggests that either the capability or the intent weren't present.

I don't dispute that America is, at heart, the "good guy". But we cannot expect the rest of the world to ignore that we are the major military superpower, we HAVE dropped atomic bombs, we HAVE ignored the UN and invaded a country who was NOT at war with anyone, and we continue to spend massive amounts of money on upgraded our military.

This is ignoring the Saddam-a Queda "connections", the prisoner abuse, the no-bid contracts, and other policies which the rest of the world may not be too crazy about.

This is a very simple argument. If Saddam wasn't willing to use the WMDs and chemical weapons when he was being forcibly ousted in WAR with his mortal enemy, WHEN exactly do you suppose he would? When would YOU?

06-10-2004, 11:56 AM	#9 (permalink)
Tomservo Crazy Location: Los Angeles, CA	April Glaspie was at the heart of the "approval" to invade Kuwait: It is possible to ague, however (and many have done so), that Glaspie's statements that "We have no opinion on your Arab - Arab conflicts" and that "the Kuwait issue is not associated with America" were interpreted by Saddam as giving tacit approval of his annexation of Kuwait. http://www.fact-index.com/a/ap/april_glaspie.html Glaspie's comments have been discussed at length by everyone in the political realm. Regardless of whether her intention was to give the "okay", she didn't seem to be discouraging the border dispute by any accounts. "He has a proven track record of attacking other countries and citizens within his own country." Attacking a country (Kuwait) with a border dispute... funny, I seem to recall nearly all of Europe AND the USA being involved in border disputes. Attacking Iran..with our help? "He has a proven track record of pursuing nuclear and chemical weapons." We have a proven track record of producing nuclear and chemical weapons, and or USING atomic bombs and low-grade chemical weapons. "He has a proven track record of hiding weapons, including sending them to other countries." We have a proven track record of hiding weapon development, including the aforementioned atomic bomb. "He has a proven track record of obstructing UN inspections." We have a proven track record of ignoring the UN and starting a war. He has a proven track record of ignoring the UN, and... ? Doing nothing with the weapons that may or may not exist in a scrap heap in Europe? You cannot point the long finger at Saddam without first realizing that WE are guilty of the very "evil deeds" he's committed. The dude's a scumbag, sure, but if he wanted to drop bioweapons on his people, Iran, whatever, he had an opportuniry to do it when he was certainly defeated in war. The fact that he didn't even attempt to suggests that either the capability or the intent weren't present. I don't dispute that America is, at heart, the "good guy". But we cannot expect the rest of the world to ignore that we are the major military superpower, we HAVE dropped atomic bombs, we HAVE ignored the UN and invaded a country who was NOT at war with anyone, and we continue to spend massive amounts of money on upgraded our military. This is ignoring the Saddam-a Queda "connections", the prisoner abuse, the no-bid contracts, and other policies which the rest of the world may not be too crazy about. This is a very simple argument. If Saddam wasn't willing to use the WMDs and chemical weapons when he was being forcibly ousted in WAR with his mortal enemy, WHEN exactly do you suppose he would? When would YOU?