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re: That was a UN sponsored embargo

Tom Brosz — 9/3/2006 2:10:28 AM (archived)

The United Nations resolution placing sanctions on Iraq.

The Iraqi No-Fly Zones, the ones liberals praise for "containing" Saddam, were initially a joint operation of the U.S., Britain, and France.

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Basic services, women, children better off under Saddam than Bush - Bowser - 9/2/2006 4:51:23 AM
- When in doubt....follow the money - Lindy - 9/3/2006 1:26:43 AM
- Another vote for tyranny! - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2006 4:44:40 PM
  - Bizarro world - Robert - 9/3/2006 5:08:13 PM
    - re: Bizarro world - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2006 10:05:21 PM
      - "constant leftist attempts to whitewash his (Sadam's) regime"........ - Lindy - 9/3/2006 11:21:55 PM
        
        "Fascist Appeasers" - Lindy - 9/4/2006 1:48:40 AM
        
        Read the speech, Lindy. - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2006 4:11:17 AM
  - US troops in the street, Abu Ghraib, etc. Bush ain't a tyrant? - Bowser - 9/2/2006 5:53:41 PM
    - That response was information for other people's benefit. - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2006 6:08:29 PM
      - That was a US sponsored embargo, and the US used the no-fly zone to conduct war. - Bowser - 9/2/2006 9:40:35 PM
        
        re: That was a UN sponsored embargo - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2006 2:10:28 AM
        
        And Korea was a UN war, Vietnam SEATO, and other nonsense. - Bowser - 9/4/2006 11:58:47 AM

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