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| When did the United States Congress vote to authorize the President to go to war against Iraq? |
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| Who says this quote, "Our goal is to fully and finally remove a real threat to world peace and to America. Hopefully this can be done peacefully. Hopefully we can do this without any military action." |
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| On what date did British officials meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss Iraq? |
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| What were the three possible legal bases for military action? |
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| Self Defence, Humanitarian Intervention, United Nations Security Council Authorization |
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| Twwo key changes regarding regime change are: |
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| whether the military plan worked, and whether we had a political strategy to give the military plan the space to work |
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| the problem facing regime change through military action |
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| on the political strategy, there could be Uk/US differences. While the British considered legal justification for going to war critical |
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| What was the resolution of 1441? |
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| We heard loud and clear during the negotiations about "automaticity" and hidden triggers-the concerns that on a decision so crucial we should not rush into military action...there is no automaticity in this resolution |
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| President Jacues Chirac of France says this |
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| France is not our pacifist. We are not anti-American either. We are not just going to use our veto to nag and annoy the US. |
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| Intelligence director who failed to detect and prevent the attacks of Sep 11th and the man who had assured President Bush that the case for Saddam's weapons was a lock. |
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| The two broad US options were: |
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| Generated start- a slow buildup of 250,000 troops and Running start- use forces already in the theatre |
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| The three main options for UK involvement were: |
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| Basing in Diego Garcia and Cyprus, plus 3 SF squadrons. Basing in Diego Garcia and Cyprus, plus maritime and air assets. Basing in San Diego and Cyprus, plus a land contribution of up to 40,000 perhaps with a discrete role in Northern Iraq entering from Turkey, tying down 2 Iraqi divisions. |
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