[Vision2020] An Iraqi Veteran's Testimony

[Tony Simpson]

Tom raises a valid concern regarding Bush senior's decision NOT to let 
Schwarzkopf enter Baghdad in '91.

This concern was echoed then and now by many conservatives.  It was, 
however, primarily the influence of the compromiser, Colin Powell, on Bush 
which lead to that decision.  Certainly hindsight allows us to argue 
persuasively in favor of either course of action.

Tom asks, How is Iraq currently sponsoring terrorism against the rest of the 
world?

"Iraq" isn't.  Some factions, who are presently vying for control of the 
country as a whole, are.

Tom concludes that America is attempting to preserve the Iraqi government 
and is therefore hypocritical for supporting a government it claim is 
sponsoring Terror worldwide.

Tom, you'd be right if such was the case, but as I said, we have 
consistently supported not the Iraqis as a whole, but just that portion we 
view to be relatively modern and progressive.  It is that portion which we 
have helped to grasp the reigns of leadership over there.

At one time Iraq was controlled by a terrorist sociopath for 4 long decades. 
We stepped in and freed the balance of the Iraqi people.  And that is a good 
thing for which we should be inclined to admire GW.

Have a good week ya'll,  --Tony
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "'Dick Sherwin'" <rvrcowboy at clearwire.net>; "'Vision2020'" 
<vision2020 at moscow.com>; "'Sunil Ramalingam'" <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] An Iraqi Veteran's Testimony


> Dick Sherwin stated:
>
> "I would think the creation of a seperat nation for the Kurds, up north,
> would be a good start."
>
> Don't you mean "Return Kurdistan (which was taken away by Saddam Hussein) 
> to
> the Kurds."?  This could have, would have, should have, happened back in
> 1991 during Iraqi War Part 1 (when Gen. Schwarzkopf was a day's march from
> Baghdad) when Bush Sr. promised the Kurds that he would assist in getting
> Kurdistan back to them if they aided him in his fight against Hussein. 
> The
> result:  They did.  He didn't.  Instead of the Iraqi War Part 1 being
> strictly a general's war, and not political, as Bush Sr. originally
> promised, Bush "cooled" Schwarzkopf's heals and told him to discontinue 
> his
> march on Baghdad.  The Iraqi War Part 1 went to intermission. 
> Approximately
> ten years later (and thousands of Iraqi lives) intermission ended and in
> steps Bush Jr.
>
> Dick Sherwin goes on to state:
>
> " . . . dropping leafelets on the rest of Iraq, Iran and Syria notifying
> them they had 48 hours to either disarm and stop supporting state 
> sponsored
> terrorism against the rest of the world or they would be turned into a 
> huge
> glass fish bowl."
>
> Oh, yeah.  This is going to work.  Instead of a diplomatic approach (which
> Iran and Syria are the closest to considering in the past 40 years), let's
> give them 48 hours and nuke them.  I don't think so.
>
> Question:  How is Iraq currently sponsoring "terrorism against the rest of
> the world?"  Last time I read, or heard, any news we were (are) involved 
> in
> a conflict in Iraq attempting to preserve the Iraqi people and their
> government.  Please enlighten us.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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