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> --On Friday, September 14, 2001 1:19 AM +0200 Zak McGregor
> <zak at mighty.co.za> wrote:
>
> > (or pair of
> > trousers: Monica Lewinsky and the fortuitous bombing of Iraq when >
> the
> scandal broke).
>
> This is utter crap that was in the talking points of nearly the entire
> Republican caucus at the time. There was a short in the New Yorker
> (probably by Hertzberg) that explained how the US had internally
> stated its
> intention to bomb the next time Iraq balked at a weapons inspection.
> Guess
> what? The weapons inspectors were turned away and the US bombed.
> Instead
> of speculating about Clinton's cock, maybe you ought to ask yourself
> if the
> policy itself was justified (I myself have no idea).
>
Luke, if you struggle to answer that question there is something amiss, no? I fail to understand under what conditions the weapons inspections were justifiable.
Cheers
Zak