More army chaplaincy

[calbert at hslboxmaster.com]

Terrance:


> The UN and the coalition are not the same thing. That's obvious
> enough.

apparently not....why else would you continue to conflate them?


" Iraq was in material breach of UN  resolutions relating to
> Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. This is the  reason the coalition
> invaded Iraq and this is the reason why the coalition is now in the
> process of changing its government."

the 91coalition and the 03coalition are NOT the same thing.....of 
course, you knew that too.....


 Of course there are others reasons
> why the coalition opted to use force. One reason is that the coalition
> was certain that the military option would accomplish it's primary
> objectives, disarm Iraq 

You conveniently overlook that when Powell went before congress 
seeking authorization for this war, he cited WoMD 
EXCLUSIVELY.......

"Disarm" has come to mean whatever it needs  to mean for the 
purposes of propaganda....I doubt seriously that Iraq was obliged 
by any UN resolution to strip down to its figurative "skivvies" and 
give up all pen knives.......It is yet another example of the sloppy 
thinking which informs the pro-war side.....

In fact it is  the same kind of  sloppy horsecrap that we hear in 
defense of Reaganomics -  I am teeing up your old paean to that 
school for a  future spanking, btw.......and rest assured it will be 
data  intensive..........

and remove the regime, while preserving the
> state of Iraq,  opening the state to humanitarian relief, and
> installing an interim government.

Take a moment and familiarize yourself with the reasons given 
when the authorization  was sought......ere  long we''l be  talking 
about how we needed to open up new markets  for Wall-Mart....

love,
cfa