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Btw, reminder: Bush's air strikes at Afghanistan were not the first; Clinton had already ordered strikes at Afghanistan during his term targetting terrorist training bases.

Re 9/11: Intel reports alleged that the 9/11 were hatched from Afghanistan/Pakistan; the beef of Bush was really the super 'Talibanisation' of Afghanistan whom he believed to had been harbouring Al Qaeda terrorists, etc.

Re: "but then I want to see justice for the killed in Iraq." I think we all do.

(OK gotta hit the sack -- just realised it's almost 2AM here, will get back to this tomorrow. Meanwhile, thanks for the input! Good night folks;)

by The3rdColumn on Wed Feb 13th, 2008 at 07:37:52 PM EST
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Clinton isn't much better than Bush. The civilian sanctions against Iraq killed about 400 000 people, mostly children. When France wanted to abolish the sanctions, the Clinton administration vetoed. Most US presidents have blood on their hands. Please read

this link
. I promise it is worth it. They discuss advisers to the US presidential candidates and what they did before.

And well, Afghanistan harboured planners of 9/11. I never denied that. But that doesn't justify ten thousend of killings.

Re: "but then I want to see justice for the killed in Iraq." I think we all do.
Sure? Maybe you and maybe a majority of the people at eurotrib, but surely not the Americans, who voted for senators in the current primaries.

Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den Menschen
Volker Pispers

by Martin (weiser.mensch(at)googlemail.com) on Wed Feb 13th, 2008 at 07:59:45 PM EST
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Clinton's air strikes in Sudan and Afghanistan response to the African Embassy Bombings were clearly in violation of international law. By my reckoning that's when the Clinton presidency started going down the wrong path, culminating in the Serbia bombing campaign.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 19th, 2008 at 04:38:22 AM EST
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