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Originally posted by phreenet
Then why was the last U2 reconissence mission canceled after the UN Security Team approved their flight. Iraq threated to shoot them down. I guess that is cooperating in another language I am unfamiliar with.
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You always seem to forget the whole story. Iraq didn't want an US spy plane since troops were already parked in Koweit & ready to attack. They asked for an EU or Russian one.
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Originally posted by phreenet
And thats a good thing? I wonder how much of the stuff is sitting in France right now? Some sleeper cell waiting to target the US Embasy there. A lot of French lives would be lost in an attack like that. So is it still ok?
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If the peace had been preserved, nothing of this would be even considered...
(edit) i doubt Saddam is really clever anyway. He's old, megalomaniac, and overconfident (like many dictators).