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djnemo65 · 10-29-2004, 01:20 PM

Actually, their was tremendous opposition to the Kosovo operation from both the right and the left. Republicans who say you shouldn't criticize a president during war time should go look at the the things said about Clinton at that time. However, Iraq and Kosovo are not parallel situations. Kosovo was essentially a tactical air-strike conducted under NATO auspices, with multilateral support. The Iraq war, in contrast, was - and is - a unilateral ground operation requiring hundreds of thousands of troops, all of whom are needed in more crucial conflict zones (read Afghanistan). Also, Kosovo didn't increase anti-americanism in a terrorist breeding ground. Iraq has, as CIA reports corroborate. Over a thousand brave men and women have already died in Iraq. Less than 200 hundred died during the entire Kosovo operation. So they are not the same. But that's irrelevant anyway. We are not voting to reelect Clinton, so what does his record have to do with anything.

10-29-2004, 01:20 PM	#43
djnemo65 Playmaker Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,836	Actually, their was tremendous opposition to the Kosovo operation from both the right and the left. Republicans who say you shouldn't criticize a president during war time should go look at the the things said about Clinton at that time. However, Iraq and Kosovo are not parallel situations. Kosovo was essentially a tactical air-strike conducted under NATO auspices, with multilateral support. The Iraq war, in contrast, was - and is - a unilateral ground operation requiring hundreds of thousands of troops, all of whom are needed in more crucial conflict zones (read Afghanistan). Also, Kosovo didn't increase anti-americanism in a terrorist breeding ground. Iraq has, as CIA reports corroborate. Over a thousand brave men and women have already died in Iraq. Less than 200 hundred died during the entire Kosovo operation. So they are not the same. But that's irrelevant anyway. We are not voting to reelect Clinton, so what does his record have to do with anything.