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Franks: Threat on Israel justified pre-emption

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Centinel [OP]

2004-08-10 22:34 | User Profile

From Jewish Telegraphic Agency: [url]http://www.jta.org/brknews.asp?id=116775[/url]

**Franks: Threat on Israel justified pre-emption **

August 10, 2004

The threat of a missile attack on Israel was one reason justifying a pre-emptive strike against Iraq, Gen. Tommy Franks said.

Franks, who retired from the U.S. military last year after leading the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, said he supported the Bush administration policy of pre-emption. “The reason we could not afford to give up time is because we wanted the water infrastructure to remain in place,” Franks said Monday at the National Press Club. “We wanted the oil infrastructure in Iraq to remain in place. We did not want to subject ourselves and Israel to the potential consequence of a long-range missile being fired into Tel Aviv or Jerusalem.”

Franks also said Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians fuels anti-U.S. resentment in the Middle East.

Happy Hacker

2004-08-11 00:51 | User Profile

[QUOTE]"We did not want to subject ourselves and Israel to the potential consequence of a long-range missile being fired into Tel Aviv or Jerusalem."[/QUOTE]

Long-range missile attack? Saddam destroyed all his long-range missiles. Gen. Tommy Franks is lying about the attack on Iraq being pre-emptive to protect Israel. An honest answer might have been "We attacked Iraq to prevent Iraq from becoming a threat to Israel in the future."