Okay, it would have been true. Then what?

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Tom Brosz — 8/5/2004 4:20:10 PM (archived)

We're not at war with France, are we?

Is there a single person shooting at our troops right now that would not be doing so if David Kay had come up with stockpiles instead of blueprints? How many Americans who thought Bush sucked in 2000, 2001, and 2002 would have decided to vote for him if stockpiles had been found?

"Respect" isn't always gauged by how many cheers you get coming off Air Force One in a European airport. You can get a lot of people to smile at you and pat you on the back by kissing ass. Not the same thing as respect.

Come to think of it, at this point I would consider the anger of nations like France to be almost a badge of honor.

Please reexamine your history of WWII, particularly in the treatment of German or <a href=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,500631,00.html">Japanese prisoners. God knows what would have happened if we had invaded the Japanese homeland with conventional ground troops.

Some perspective, and some context, would be useful here.

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Kerry, drawing on his Vietnam experience, explains his Iraq exit solution. - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 3:21:41 AM
- By the way, what's Bush's? After he finds the WMDs, of course. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/5/2004 5:18:45 AM
  - Win. Even if France doesn't want us to. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 5:22:52 AM
    - Define "win" in realistic terms. I thought it meant finding WMD. - Bowser - 8/5/2004 5:56:49 AM
      - re: "win" in realistic terms. - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 7:46:27 AM
        
        If Bush had found 5,000 nuclear missiles, our action of preemptively invading a nation on the basis of imminent threat would have been true. - Mary Anne - 8/5/2004 12:45:09 PM
        
        Okay, it would have been true. Then what? - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 4:20:10 PM
        
        Fascinating link (cyberussr), thanks Tom (n/t) - McFly - 8/6/2004 5:34:09 PM
        
        Some defenses are better than others - Robert - 8/5/2004 9:12:13 PM
        
        BTW, calling them "human shields" is just plain asinine. - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 11:14:37 PM
        
        Speaking of asinine - Robert - 8/6/2004 5:19:40 PM
        
        So, where in Iraq would the prisoners have been absolutely safe? - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 11:09:30 PM
        
        So, how does that make it not a violation of the Geneva Conventions? - Robert - 8/6/2004 5:12:11 PM
        
        So, where in Iraq would the prisoners have been absolutely safe? - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2004 7:11:23 PM
        
        Red herring - Robert - 8/6/2004 7:43:46 PM
        
        re: Some defenses are better than others - gbaikie - 8/5/2004 9:45:26 PM
- BTW, I don't blame Kerry or his staff for this one. - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 5:13:04 AM

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