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Originally posted by dd74
And soon after, the U.S. kicked Iraq out of Kuwait. I don't understand your analogy here. Bush I was very clear with the Gulf War - which was get Iraq out of Kuwait. He even refused the demand (from Cheney, I think), that the U.S. go into Baghdad and topple Sadam. Possibly a good a decision, possibly a bad one to not go into Baghdad, but nonetheless, Bush I should be commended for sticking to his guns, particularly in the face of an easy takeover of a weakened Iraq.
It was also found out later that Kuwait was slant drilling into Iraq - i.e. stealing Iraq's oil. So maybe Sadam wasn't entirely wrong to invade...
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There was no analogy in what I posted. Just the simple statement that Bush1 set up Saddam and then knocked him over. The whole war was based on a lie.
Remember the testimony about babies being thrown out of incubators? The administration knew that was a lie and kept quiet because it fired up support for the war.
The context of my comment was that a perevious post about 'lying presidents' omitted Bush1.