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Post by lakhota on May 3, 2011 23:42:23 GMT -5
Does anyone know? In fact, why did George H.W. Bush invade Iraq the first time? According to the April Glaspie transcript of her meeting with Saddam, it sounded like she gave him the "green light" to invade Kuwait on behalf of the Bush Administration. APRIL GLASPIE TRANSCRIPT: whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/ARTICLE5/april.htmlIs the US State Department still keeping April Glaspie under wraps? www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11376.htmQUESTION: Can anyone else see why the Muslim world may have been a little upset that two Bush presidents, father and son, invaded the same Muslim country TWICE based on questionable justifications?
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Post by billisonboard on May 3, 2011 23:49:36 GMT -5
Is this like, "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
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Post by lakhota on May 4, 2011 0:11:49 GMT -5
Not quite.
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Post by SweetVirginia on May 4, 2011 0:21:17 GMT -5
He did so for so many wrong reasons. What we cannot forget in all of this is that he could never have invaded Iraq if not for the congress giving him the approval to do so. Many of the democrats who now speak against the invasion of Iraq, voted for the resolution that gave Bush the insane authority to use our armed forces to invade Iraq. In order for justice to prevail, we need to hold ALL of our politicians accountable for the War in Iraq (part deux)
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2011 0:23:43 GMT -5
Oh, goody-- a new anti Bush thread. Can't you guys just start a Bush 24/7/365 thread that you can run forever and ever and ever???
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Post by SweetVirginia on May 4, 2011 0:27:48 GMT -5
Oh, goody-- a new anti Bush thread. Can't you guys just start a Bush 24/7/365 thread that you can run forever and ever and ever??? Krickitt, there are way more than just one "anti Obama" thread on this board. Why is that not a problem?
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Post by lakhota on May 4, 2011 0:30:11 GMT -5
He did so for so many wrong reasons. What we cannot forget in all of this is that he could never have invaded Iraq if not for the congress giving him the approval to do so. Many of the democrats who now speak against the invasion of Iraq, voted for the resolution that gave Bush the insane authority to use our armed forces to invade Iraq. In order for justice to prevail, we need to hold ALL of our politicians accountable for the War in Iraq (part deux) That's true, but they did so based on the fictitious information Bush was feeding them. Like father like son...
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Post by lakhota on May 4, 2011 2:58:11 GMT -5
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Post by txbo on May 4, 2011 4:36:14 GMT -5
Oh, goody-- a new anti Bush thread. Can't you guys just start a Bush 24/7/365 thread that you can run forever and ever and ever??? Why so defensive it took eight years of an incompetent administration to bring this country to its knees and it will take at least eight years or more to recover. I understand many would like to forget, however before we forget we must also recognize the total cost and burden placed upon us by that administration.
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Post by Politically_Incorrect12 on May 4, 2011 5:51:22 GMT -5
Oh, goody-- a new anti Bush thread. Can't you guys just start a Bush 24/7/365 thread that you can run forever and ever and ever??? Don't worry krickitt. Lak must be running out of material and is starting his cycle over again.
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Post by Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ on May 4, 2011 5:53:46 GMT -5
Why so defensive it took eight years of an incompetent administration to bring this country to its knees and it will take at least eight years or more to recover. I understand many would like to forget, however before we forget we must also recognize the total cost and burden placed upon us by that administration.
Bush took the economy twice from it's knees. When he took office the financial markets had just crashed from the dot com meltdown. 9-11 came and the markets tanked again. After the tax cuts in 2003 the markets and economy were booming. Once both houses of congress were taken over by the democrats, shortly afterward the economy imploded.
We went into Iraq because Hussian kept defying UN mandates and directives on weapons inspections. That was going on for well over a decade.
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Post by Bluerobin on May 4, 2011 7:03:55 GMT -5
Because Bush is an idiot! He wanted to finish Daddy's war, and felt wars are good for the economy. I prefer to think of Bush bringing the economy to its knees twice. His administration was the cause of many of our present ills, rather than the cure for any. Only a complete idiot cuts taxes during a war!!! Thank goodness we are free from him.
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Post by Politically_Incorrect12 on May 4, 2011 7:28:06 GMT -5
Because Bush is an idiot! He wanted to finish Daddy's war, and felt wars are good for the economy. I prefer to think of Bush bringing the economy to its knees twice. His administration was the cause of many of our present ills, rather than the cure for any. Only a complete idiot cuts taxes during a war!!! Thank goodness we are free from him. What does that make Obama for following many of the same things that Bush did while in office? I don't actually expect a non-partisan answer from you.
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Post by Politically_Incorrect12 on May 4, 2011 7:29:30 GMT -5
It looks like the left is trying to stir up their base again by trying to reignite the idiotic hatred of Bush.
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Post by Bluerobin on May 4, 2011 7:32:49 GMT -5
PI, I am a life long Republican who is embarassed by the Bush family, especially W. I do feel sorry for Obama, inheriting his mess, but hopefully for the sake of the country, he will get out of it. I am surprised a Dem actually had the stones to handle the UBL situation correctly.
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Post by magichat on May 4, 2011 7:33:43 GMT -5
I don't think a single poster yet has noticed that the OP is about George HW Bush and not George W Bush.
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Post by Bluerobin on May 4, 2011 7:38:42 GMT -5
Magic, the title refers to W. We all know HW went to defend our good Kuwati friends.
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Post by Politically_Incorrect12 on May 4, 2011 7:40:12 GMT -5
PI, I am a life long Republican who is embarassed by the Bush family, especially W. I do feel sorry for Obama, inheriting his mess, but hopefully for the sake of the country, he will get out of it. I am surprised a Dem actually had the stones to handle the UBL situation correctly. ] I didn't particularly like most of what Bush did, but the hatred is uncalled for....the man inherited a lot of bubble burst and happened to be the unlucky recipient in office and the vitriol spewing forth is a bit much. Most Presidents have little to do with the economy and are basically lucky or unlucky to be in office when something happens to the economy. Did he use 9/11 as a jumping board to go into Iraq...probably. Was it something that should have been taken care of at some point between the first Gulf War and the when we invaded Iraq a second time...also probably should have happened before Bush even got into office. I disagreed with most of the man's politics, but I also understood I could disagree without spewing venom at him in an attempt to destroy his image and work against him every step of the way just to score some political points.
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Post by Bluerobin on May 4, 2011 7:43:44 GMT -5
He was a fool who did not deserve to be in the office and the dumb electorate re-elected him. IMHO, he surpassed Carter as the worst president ever. I do not forgive incompetence at the highest levels. He was totally unprepared for the job, and it showed.
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Post by magichat on May 4, 2011 7:53:50 GMT -5
Go back and read the OP, and the Lakhota is completely dishonest with the title of this thread.
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Post by cme1201 on May 4, 2011 8:00:59 GMT -5
July 25, 1990 - Presidential Palace - Baghdad
To the best of our knowledge, the text on this page may be freely reproduced and distributed. Information last updated on: 02/09/96
Is the date from OP's link.
Stir stir stir and you get people to bite, flaming froth filled rage aimed not at the story, but at what they "feel" it must be about.
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Post by handyman2 on May 4, 2011 8:22:23 GMT -5
The invasion of Iraq has a long history. First Iraq invaded Iran and fought to a stalemate. Then they invaded Kuwait and with UN approval the US came to Kuwait's aid. Israel bombed the Iraq nuclear plant. Then Saddam played a bad hand with the IAEA inspectors about his attempts to rebuild his nuclear capapbilities. A lot of bad intel believed by some and not others lead G.W. Bush to attack Iraq again. Had Saddam been open and let the UN inspectors free reign in inspections there may have been no second Iraq. But his duplicity lead not only the UN but the rest of the middle east to push for his removal. Saddam was his own worst enemy.
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Post by ed1066 on May 4, 2011 10:21:11 GMT -5
It's great to see the libs still rallying around their Bush hatred. It didn't do squat for them in 2010 and it won't work again in 2012. In other words, keep it up! Yes, all our problems are caused by George W. Bush and racism against Barack Obama, that's right, stay on that track, it will be a great campaign message for 2012...I promise it will work this time...
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Post by lakhota on May 4, 2011 11:18:55 GMT -5
I don't think a single poster yet has noticed that the OP is about George HW Bush and not George W Bush. Wrong. The thread is primarily about George W. Bush.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on May 4, 2011 11:22:48 GMT -5
Does anyone know? In fact, why did George H.W. Bush invade Iraq the first time? According to the April Glaspie transcript of her meeting with Saddam, it sounded like she gave him the "green light" to invade Kuwait on behalf of the Bush Administration. APRIL GLASPIE TRANSCRIPT: whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/ARTICLE5/april.htmlIs the US State Department still keeping April Glaspie under wraps? www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11376.htmQUESTION: Can anyone else see why the Muslim world may have been a little upset that two Bush presidents, father and son, invaded the same Muslim country TWICE based on questionable justifications?I don't claim to KNOW, but it seems to me that he sure wanted to be a "war" president..... They are the ones remembered in history. He'll be remembered, all right... ;D ;D ;D
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Post by lakhota on May 4, 2011 11:37:01 GMT -5
I agree, a war president like his daddy.
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Post by fairlycrazy23 on May 4, 2011 11:44:21 GMT -5
George H.W. Bush waged war against Iraq because of oil, protecting the oil fields was a vital American interest, in addition Iraq had invaded a sovereign neighbor. George W Bush waged war against Iraq because he continued to violate the UN resolutions from the previous war, in addition there was evidence that he had WMD and we didn't want him give them to terrorists.
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Post by shelby on May 4, 2011 11:52:38 GMT -5
I agree with it being about oil and how much American presidents love war. I don't believe we will ever know the true intentions of any of our leaders completely, all we can do is hypothesize. I mean when was the last time we did not have an enemy out to take our freedom and liberties away? propaganda and spin is all we will ever know. Flame away Bush lovers.
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Post by floridayankee on May 4, 2011 12:14:41 GMT -5
I don't claim to KNOW, but it seems to me that he sure wanted to be a "war" president..... They are the ones remembered in history. He'll be remembered, all right... ;D ;D ;D I guess Obama had to trump Dubbya and bomb a country of his own, eh? Back to back war presidents. Might as well, he's continuing pretty much everything else Bush started.
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Post by ed1066 on May 4, 2011 13:19:03 GMT -5
I agree with it being about oil and how much American presidents love war. I don't believe we will ever know the true intentions of any of our leaders completely, all we can do is hypothesize. I mean when was the last time we did not have an enemy out to take our freedom and liberties away? propaganda and spin is all we will ever know. Flame away Bush lovers. Bush lovers? I thought you were criticizing Obama, since he's the one who increased the forces in Afghanistan, continued in Iraq and then started Libya. Talk about a war president...Mr. Peace Prize takes the cake...
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