It's good you know what you're talking about...
Perhaps if your posterior were in one of the planes shot at daily with missiles and anti-aircraft fire, as you patrol the no-fly-zone, you would realize that, yes, we are attacked by Saddam daily.
But then again, it is very likely you would resort to professional apologist-stance and declare that they had a right to shoot at your posterior since really it was the Iraqi's and the persecuted Arabs airspace ;-)
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