Re: And how did you celebrate 1 May?

In article <xfudnTK_e5cIiLjVnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 mark <whitroth@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> David Friedman wrote:
> > In article <fvtpd5$erp$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >  wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (William December Starr) wrote:
> >> In article <ddfr-69292C.18570507052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >> David Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> <snip> 
> > I also note that the U.S. attack on Iraq was intended to achieve
> > military goals, and did achieve some. If that's all that is required
to
> > justify killing people, then you shouldn't be blaming the U.S. for any
> > of the deaths.
> 
> Really? What military goals were those? Al Qaeda had no presence there,
Iraq
> was not "exporting terrorism" (the terrorists were busy trying to get
> Hussein). There were NO WMDs. They *knew* there were no WMDs (consider
the
> Plame case. Check out Karen Kwiatkowsi, formerly of the Pentagon's OSP).

Eliminating a government that had made obvious its hostility to the U.S. 
That's a military goal.

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