Siddhartha
Lifer
- Oct 17, 1999
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There were 2 companies in the US that supplied aspects of his WMD program, there were 21 total, the other 19 are in Europe, 14 of those are in Germany.
Originally posted by: Dr Smooth
Originally posted by: Jmman
Well, let me see, didn't Clinton win the Bronze Star for valor in Vietnam?
Yeah, here it is. Clinton's record in Vietnam........link
Ah, I was wondering when Clinton would be brought up. It is all Bill's fault right?
I don't know, he was blasted for tearing apart our military, looks likethye performed quite well, maybe he knew the advanced technology would make up for the cuts...
Zero, Saddam provided a list of companies and countries that helped him build his WMD, you can link all the French articles (govt controlled media) you want, that will never change the fact 19 of the 21 companies were from Europe, 14 from Germany.
Originally posted by: Dr Smooth
Originally posted by: Jmman
Well, let me see, didn't Clinton win the Bronze Star for valor in Vietnam?
Yeah, here it is. Clinton's record in Vietnam........link
Ah, I was wondering when Clinton would be brought up. It is all Bill's fault right?
Did I ever say that I was blaming Clinton for anything? The whole premise of this thread is the fact that many republican leaders did not serve in the military. In the desire to be "fair and balanced" I felt it needs to be mentioned that Clinton was not only a "draft avoider", he was busy protesting the war in another country.....
CaptnKirk
Lifer
- Jul 25, 2002
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Why are some people so fscking clueless about international politics?
At one point in time, the United States gave MASSIVE amounts of military aid to the Soviet Union. Tanks, planes, ammunition, artillery, rifles, machine guns -- you name it, we gave it to them. At the time, one of the most brutal dictators the world has ever seen was running the country, Josef Stalin. He is widely known to have starved and outright murdered upwards of 20 million of his own people.
He also happened to be fighting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany at the time.
Does that make the aid wrong? No, it was entirely correct at the time it given. We subsequently launched into a half century of the Cold War against the very same country we plied with military equipment. Times change, politics change, priorities change.
Ho Chi Minh made overtures to the United States to support his fight for independence. Years later, he was our bitter enemy.
Hell, we fought the British for our independence, and we even fought them again in 1812. They are now our closest ally.
At one point in time, the United States gave MASSIVE amounts of military aid to the Soviet Union. Tanks, planes, ammunition, artillery, rifles, machine guns -- you name it, we gave it to them. At the time, one of the most brutal dictators the world has ever seen was running the country, Josef Stalin. He is widely known to have starved and outright murdered upwards of 20 million of his own people.
He also happened to be fighting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany at the time.
Does that make the aid wrong? No, it was entirely correct at the time it given. We subsequently launched into a half century of the Cold War against the very same country we plied with military equipment. Times change, politics change, priorities change.
Ho Chi Minh made overtures to the United States to support his fight for independence. Years later, he was our bitter enemy.
Hell, we fought the British for our independence, and we even fought them again in 1812. They are now our closest ally.
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