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2014-08-11 Britain

ISIL artifact of Iraq invasion: David Miliband

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Posted by Fred 2014-08-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 Asked whether the conflict had led him to regret voting in support of the Iraq war, Miliband said he regrets it because he made the decision "on the basis of upholding the norms of respect to weapons of mass destruction, and there were none."

Notice the use of the term "norms of respect" as opposed to dozens of UN Resolutions against Saddam? Resolutions that were hollow threats until the U.S. led coalition moved against a tyrant. Dr. David Kelly might take exception to that last sentence, that is, if he had not been murdered.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-11 03:33|| 2014-08-11 03:33|| Front Page Top

#2 The left in the U.S. keeps insisting that Iraq was an illegal war no matter that U.N. resolutions justified such an action. The U.S. Congress voted in favor of going into Iraq. Intelligence is probably never as certain as one would like it to be. The intelligence services of the West believed that Iraq had WMDs. Saddam has used chemical weapons against the Kurds. Tyrants in the M.E. seemed to prefer these WMDs. Syria has used these WMDs more recently. It is time to put these old shibboleths of the left away and move on. We still need to keep an eye on terrorist and proxy groups who would use these WMDs and respond appropriately.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-11 10:58|| 2014-08-11 10:58|| Front Page Top

#3 The MSM trying to run cover for the empty suit by blaming the current situation on Bush.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-08-11 12:39|| 2014-08-11 12:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Ultimately, ISIL is an artifact of Cain killing Abel.
The important question, as always, is what to we do with the time & resources we have left?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-08-11 13:43|| 2014-08-11 13:43|| Front Page Top

#5 No worries, ISIL is the JV according to our overmatched amatuer CIC.

Posted by regular joe 2014-08-11 16:07|| 2014-08-11 16:07|| Front Page Top

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