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Originally Posted by areyoushittin'me?
Not true...1441 called for resumption of inspections and laid out further requirements related to such.
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Resolution 1441 went further than that - there were umpteen Resolutions passed by the Security Council between 1991 and 2002 which called for those things. The difference was that 1441 formally declared Iraq to be in material breach and gave them a final opportunity to comply
immediately. Resolution 1441 was passed in November 2002 - five months later, was Iraq in compliance?
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Originally Posted by areyoushittin'me?
We didn't stop at the border, we pushed them back a safe distance from it...we stopped before going into Baghdad and removing Saddam from power...who knows what would have happened? Bush determined we couldn't go any further...check with him.
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Not all members of the coalition crossed the border, though... some refused on principle. Only the Americans, British, and French actually entered Iraq. Bush didn't go any further because Saddam signalled he wanted a ceasefire - it remains an open question what would have happened if there was no such signal.
Regardless, though, I didn't ask President Bush what he would have done... I asked you whether he would have been justified in continuing the Gulf War if the Iraqis hadn't thrown in the towel.
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Originally Posted by areyoushittin'me?
Why has Canada joined the fight in Afghanistan
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We're there in support of our NATO ally who was attacked on 9/11 - under the terms of the North Atlantic Treaty, an attack on the US is the same for us as an attack on Canada.