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Originally posted by Mordenheim:
To be honest when I first read it I could not believe it.
It is hard to offer any insight when I disagree with the entire post. More then that I can't find any thing in reality that back's one word of that up. When the crap hit's then fan there is only one country I think most American's feel they can depend on. I would argue that is "close friend's". Likewise I think most Americans would defend the UK in a heartbeat. I know I would.
Why is so hard to imagine that Blair is not speaking from the heart? Some people do believe Sadam does have WoMD and he is a danger to passing them off to a terrorist. If that is the case then why would he not support the war? I say again there are 30 countries supporting disarming Sadam by force. 30, despite the rhetoric trying to label it as some 3 country attack.
I think Blair is acting smartly by helping to remove a dictator and in hopes make Iraq a better place. No more sanctions, no more Sadam, no more government sanctioned torture and murder.
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I don't recall saying that Blair wasn't speaking from the heart, nor did WoMD enter into this. The shaky alliance between Britain and the US goes back some time. Look back to the days of Roosevelt and Churchill. Roosevelt was very leary of Britain, fearing that they would once again take up their imperialistic ways. Shortly after WWII, Roosevelt wanted Britain to give Hong Kong back to China as a show of goodwill, that they weren't interested in imperialism. The US did not enter into the fracus in Europe, until Germany publicly declared war on the US, even though Britain was in bad shape.
Grenada was a little bit of a sore point between the two nations, since the US invaded shortly after Britain gave Grenada their freedom.
Even though Reagan publicly announced support for the UK during the Falkland War, including sanctions, the US pretty much kept to their own there.
I think you're missing the point, here. Blair is losing public support for his actions against Iraq, and there is a good chance his government will collapse if he continues, so what could possibly drive him to support something, that the US could handle on their own, knowing that it will end his career. I highly doubt that any US president would put themselves in the same position.
[ 03-18-2003, 09:57 PM: Message edited by: Animal ]