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1. Did you support the US involvement in Gulf War 1?
YES!

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2. Why didn't Saddam allow the weapons inspectors back into Iraq.
Well you see, the reason that he did that was that the dynamic of his culture dictates that he not cave in to the demands of foreign.....

How the F**K should I know why that LUNATIC did anything that he did, and WTF does that have to do with ANYTHING? :rolleyes:

We all know by now, even Bush and Cheney, that he did not have WMD's. (Maybe he just didn't want his allies or his other enemies in the Arab world to know he didn't have any such weapons because he feared the disclosure of such information would make him vulnerable to his enemies within the Arab world? If so, it was a pretty stupid miscalculation on his part, and not the first one he's ever made. Do you think I'm the president of his fan club or something? :rolleyes: Where do you come up with this garbage? )

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3. What is the purpose of 17 UN resolutions against Saddam when he violated everyone and the UN made no moves to punish him for his violations?
Try restating this in a clear, coherent, question or questions and I'll try to offer my opinion if I have one. (I think there are at least 2, possibly 3, seperate questions there, and I'm too tired to try to dissect it and understand what you are trying to ask.)

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4. Why did Kerry support the Pres. on Gulf War 2?
THIS one I can answer! \:\) As Kerry has stated over and over, he voted to give the President the ultimate authority to use military action IF and WHEN all other reasonable efforts had been exhausted and failed. The problem is that Kerry's and others' definition of exhausting all other reasonable efforts was not the same as Bush's. Kerry and others in Congress voted to show solidarity with the President, so that when he went to the U.N. and to other countries, he would not be pointing an "empty gun" so to speak. Kerry and others never expected Bush to move so quickly to military action and feel that he did so prematurely, as do I and many other Americans.

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5. How many positions has Kerry taken on the War? Remember, he had to support it when he was losing against Howard Dean.
I believe the position I outlined above is the only position Kerry has ever taken. He recognized the need to disarm Hussein, but disagrees with the manner in which Bush prosecuted the matter. If Kerry were President we may still have ended up going to war in the end, but not so soon, and not without exhausting every possible alternative and building a more effective international coalition. We had time but Bush did not use it to his advantage, he rushed off to war half cocked.

Just like in Gulf War I, Kerry agreed that we had to get Hussein out of Kuwait but apparently felt we were acting with force too quickly. The problem with you is that you see nothing between doing nothing and going to war, just like W. No critical thinking ability, no creativity, no flexibility. It's all or nothing, black or white. :rolleyes: