Comments on: Form of, “Did I Say That?”: Cheney on Occupying Iraq http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/08/form_of_did_i_s.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: AYY http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/08/form_of_did_i_s.html/comment-page-1#comment-52818 AYY Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:51:07 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/08/form-of-did-i-say-that-cheney-on-occupying-iraq.html#comment-52818 There are so many equivocations and hedgings in this post that I'm not quite sure what you're saying. Just because all problems haven't been solved doesn't mean they weren't planned for reasonably well. (You seem to have left out the fact that the Dems haven't been all that keen on funding our troops properly.) And besides, we didn't go into Iraq alone, so I don't follow why you think that was a problem. At the time of the first Gulf War Saddam's nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs were at a different stage than they were in 2003. Also at that time we thought France and Russia might cooperate to the point that sanctions would work. Also Saddam's relationship with Al Qaeda was apparently quite different. So if Cheney changed positions, there might have been a good reason for it. Risks that might not have been worth taking in the early 90's could have been worth taking in 2003. There are so many equivocations and hedgings in this post that I’m not quite sure what you’re saying.

Just because all problems haven’t been solved doesn’t mean they weren’t planned for reasonably well. (You seem to have left out the fact that the Dems haven’t been all that keen on funding our troops properly.) And besides, we didn’t go into Iraq alone, so I don’t follow why you think that was a problem.

At the time of the first Gulf War Saddam’s nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs were at a different stage than they were in 2003. Also at that time we thought France and Russia might cooperate to the point that sanctions would work. Also Saddam’s relationship with Al Qaeda was apparently quite different.

So if Cheney changed positions, there might have been a good reason for it. Risks that might not have been worth taking in the early 90’s could have been worth taking in 2003.

]]> By: Dave Levine http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/08/form_of_did_i_s.html/comment-page-1#comment-52817 Dave Levine Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:39:55 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/08/form-of-did-i-say-that-cheney-on-occupying-iraq.html#comment-52817 Was Cheney ignored or did he change position? The plot thickens . . . thanks for the post. Was Cheney ignored or did he change position? The plot thickens . . . thanks for the post.

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