Reply #8: IN 1991, Saddam invaded Kuwait and Kuwait was one of our allies [View All]

so we did have a moral responsibility to fight Saddam then. And if Saddam went through Kuwait to Saudi Arabia, he threatened our oil supply and that would have national security implications.

Gulf War I was a legitamate war. Our allies and the UN supported us. In fact our allies paid for about 80% of the costs of that war.

And Dean has never mischaracterized himself as McGovern. The press did that. Dean has said repeatedly that he's not a pacifist, but he will send our military into wars when situations threaten the United States or to prevent or alleviate a humanitarian crisis, such as what is going on in Liberia.

As far as Serbia, genocide was going on there, and that is a humanitarian crisis which fits Dean's criteria for employing our military.