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Ant:

--- Quote from: Trauma on October 30, 2004, 10:21:29 PM ---Another of my favorites.

Bush gets the local warlords to help fight in Afganistan, and Kerry slams him for 'outsourcing' the job of hunting for Bin Ladin.

Bush arrests Saddam, invades Iraq, and kills his two sons with our own forces, and Kerry slams him for not getting a coalition.

So a coalition in Afganistan is bad, and a coalition in Iraq is good.  Gotcha, Senator Kerry. 

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Kerry, and others, criticize Bush for not developing a strong coalition before going into Iraq.  They voice this criticism because they realize the war could have been handled more effectively if we had a true coalition to support our efforts.  This is not 20/20 hindsight on Kerry's part, this was his actual position pre-war.  See his statement on the Senate floor below:

Kerry (Oct. 9, 2002) Let there be no doubt or confusion about where we stand on this. I will support a multilateral effort to disarm him (Saddam) by force, if we ever exhaust those other options, as the President has promised, but I will not support a unilateral U.S. war against Iraq unless that threat is imminent and the multilateral effort has not proven possible under any circumstances.

Kerry slams Bush for not developing a strong coalition because it is clear the GWB did not choose war as a last resort, and also because as we can all see, the lack of troops and lack of international invovlement have created a rather messy situation which could have been avoided. 

Now, how do you figure Afghan Warlords represent a strong coalition?  Your words: "So a coalition in Afganistan is bad, and a coalition in Iraq is good.  Gotcha, Senator Kerry."  There was no strong coaition in Afghanistan, just like there was no strong coalition in Iraq.  Yes there were minor coalitions in both countries, but in each case we did not use the proper number of troops to successfully complete our mission.  Today, Afgahnistan is the world's largest opium producer.  Today, 8 marines were killed in Iraq. 

Are you high when you write your posts?

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