Where were all the "Iraq never attacked us" people when the US was in Somalia and Kosovo?

Answer 1

Damned good question. There are several theories regarding the hypocrisy / selective indignation of the left.

1) The conflicts you mentioned were waged under the "command" of the previous administration - and at the direct request of the UN - hence the neo-socialists were kept mum so as to not further embarrass their party's president. (He was doing a fine job of that on his own)

2) When the US military had successes the Clinton White House was quick to take credit for them, and when the military suffered casualties the administration did what their neo-socialist constituency has always wanted done - they caved in and ran for cover.

3) The left has been running off the same playbook for years:
- Hate Bush
- Despise the military
- Shame and embarrass the US
- Blame the US (and especially the conservatives) for everything from the fall of the dinosaurs to the Black Plague to slavery (both in the US and across the globe) to the current crises in the middle east.
- When all else fails and their policies blow up in their faces: Deny, Deny, Deny, Act Superior to the American Public, Blame the Right, and Hide behind the Liberal Media.


The hypocrisy, the double standards, the enormous hubris, the selective / artificial moral indignation, and the elitist arrogance of these neo-socialists and their ilk seems to know no bounds.

Watching liberals in action never fails to remind me of the Orwell novel Animal Farm. The Pelosis, the Schumers, the Clintons, the Reids, the Kennedys et al of this nation seem to ascribe to the position that all people are created equal, but liberals are created more equal than others . . .

Answer 2

It appears they were reewriting history and burying heads in the sand. left_coa Actually the invasion of Iraq was also based on UN authority because of the violation of the requirement to allow arms inspectors in to verify he had destroyed the WMD's and we are still in Kosovo and might be in the middle of a civil war there soon. The massacre of Shiite Muslims and Kurds was not genocide because the US stopped it by making a no-fly and no military area in those parts of the country so Saddam Hussein couldn't do it. Somalia was no genocide going on just a war between varying warlords and we pulled out after taking a few causalities and it is still going on. You saying that Saddam Hussein was innocent of gassing the Kurds and slaughtering thousands of Shi'ites before he was stopped? He was tried by his own people in his own country but I doubt very seriously that it would have made a bit of difference if it had been done at the World Court unless they are as oblivious to reality and fact as you are. The examples you gave all say the same thing-we did right and we should stay.

Answer 3

Why do people believe Kosavo was aurthorized by the UN ?

Bosnia was authorized by the UN.

Kosavo was only authorized, after the fact, just like iraq was.

Also, you left out the attacks/invasions of :

Iraq
Afghainstan
Haiti
Sudan
Serbia

All were done without Congressional or UN approval.

Bill Clinton attacked more countries without Congressional Approval, than any President in American history.

The sole reason, that international scholors and the liberal whiners in Europe, have never tried to make a legal matter out of the invasion of Iraq,

Or try and bring it before the UN,

Is they would then have to bring the invasion and military force used in Kosavo and Serbia to the same jurisdictions.

And sense, they favored both those interventions, which were against international law.

They have decided to remain quiet about Iraq.

The biggest problem with Somolia, was Clinton withdrew 90% of the US combat power from Somolia, then he decided to turn a humanitarian mission, into a combat mission.

The US withdrew 25,000 soldiers just a month before that policy change was done.

Answer 4

great question, where were all these people, most likely not serving there for sure, more like hiding in an intel unit in Nebraska too scared to serve overseas.

Somalia never attacked the US, nor did Bosnia, Kosovo or Serbia, yet the US is involved, you do not hear the sheep like liberals bleeting about that action.

Answer 5

There are two huge differences. First, Somalia and Kosovo were about stopping the genocide of innocent people. As much as I dislike Bill Clinton he never lied and kept changing the reason we used military force. Second, as much I think the UN is useless, both actions were authorized by the UN.

Iraq is a war based on lies to fuel our nations addiction to foreign oil Additionally we weren't in Somalia for 4 years nor did we overthrow the government and cause a civil war.
We stayed in Kosovo for a few years, but there too we didn't overthrow the government and cause a civil war. The leader of Bosnia was tried by the world court not A. B.S. trial like Saddam Had.

Answer 6

Don't forget Bosnia.

And what do you mean when the US WAS in Kosovo?

Answer 7

Yea, left was right everyone knows there was no genocide in Iraq, right, Saddam was a nice guys right?

Answer 8

And Germany. Germany never attacked us either.

Answer 9

US had to step in cuz the wiley Europeans didn't wanna expend the ca$h on something like that.....

We shulda just been honest 'bout the whole thing in the first place.
Had old Colin Powell go on up there to the UN and declare: "the Chinese are eating our lunch when it comes to securing short and long term sources of OIL, and damn it! we're gonna go grab ours!!!
How do you think the world community woulda reacted to that honest pronouncement of IMPERIALIST intentions!!!

Answer 10

Why are you stuck in the past? Let it go. Both of thoseconflicts are over & done with. If you want to wine about something then wine about current events.