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Were trailers full of hot air?
Doug Kanter wrote:
"Dave Hall" wrote in message ... thunder wrote: On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 14:43:35 +0000, Dave Hall wrote: To which I respond; Yea so? So one lead for a source of uranium turns out to be bogus. Does that mean that Saddam wasn't getting uranium from other sources? Does this one "oops" negate the fundamental reasons why we had to shut Hussein down? Humans make mistakes. Bush may have been a little overzealous, due to the urgency for action. If you knew what he knew, you might be tempted to grease the wheels a little too. Slowly, you are seeing the light. Presidents are allowed to make some mistakes, but overzealousness in going to war is not one of them. A prudent, competent, President would make sure. I'd also like to point out that if the underlying reasons weren't there, there is *no* urgency. *ONE* of the reasons was evidently not there. But all of the rest of them still were. There was still the issue of chemical and biological weapons (Yea I know, until you see them you won't believe it), the brutality of Saddam, and the stability of the middle east, and the elimination of havens for terrorists. Dave Brutality of Saddam: We are hypocrites in that regard. There are equally brutal regimes in Africa, and your president lets the citizens of those countries dangle in the wind. We're sending troops to Africa right now. You can only fight so many battles without risking the dangerous thinning of your military power. Stability of the Middle East: Get real. You do not believe for a moment that we contribute to stability. That depends. Initially, we are just another disruption. But in the long term, if we are successful at creating a democracy in the middle of all those fundamentalist regimes, we can build a foundation to drive other country's to following that model. Once people get a taste of true freedom, how can they be expected to live under the harsh rule of a totalitarian fundamentalist government? And thus the seeds are planted. As early as a year ago, numerous Middle Eastern writers were saying that to attack Saddam would strike a blow AGAINST stability. They're entitled to their opinions, as we are to ours. But they're no more credible. The point is that we at least DID something, to make a change. Sitting around doing nothing, only allows the cancer to grow..... You should stop by this link regularly, and read: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Default.asp Havens: Show me. Do you not read the news? They uncovered a "major" terrorist training camp in the northern section of Iraq, sometime during the middle of the "war". Dave |