McGovern: War with Iraq, unlike Vietnam, was unnecessary
Otis Willie
(EXCERPT) Former senator reflects on past during Keys visit, by Scott
Fusaro sfu...@keynoter.com
In 1972, George McGovern was a senator from South Dakota who upset the
Democratic field to win the party’s nomination for president.
Thursday, he was a dignitary at his granddaughter’s graduation from
Marathon High School.
Friday, he took time out to chat with the Keynoter about his past and
the present challenges the United States faces in the world.
He was a decorated World War II veteran who flew bombing missions over
Europe, and he said he believed in that war. But called the U.S.’s war
on Iraq "unnecessary," likening the possible consequences to the
disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, which could undermine U.S.
security.
"I think it may take an act of God to sort this all out," he said of
Iraq’s Kurds, Shi’ite and Sunni sects.
Saddam Hussein "was put back in his box by President Bush senior" in
the first Gulf War. "Since then, Hussein "hadn’t so much as stuck a
big toe outside of Iraq," said...
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