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Were trailers full of hot air?
thunder wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 14:08:52 +0000, Dave Hall wrote: *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. The brutality of Saddam was a given. No one will miss him. Mid-east stability is still a wait and see. As an aside, the mid-east might of already been a stable place, if we had kept our CIA's hands out of it. You are aware that one of the CIA's many mid-east coups was indirectly responsible for Saddam in the first place. You are correct. This country does have a very poor record, for interfering in the affairs of other nations, if we feel it's to our best interest. In the case of Iraq and Saddam, they were our friends, because we shared a common enemy, Iran, at the time. Where we go wrong, is that we fail to consider the constantly changing political atmosphere in this region of the world. What might be today's friend, could turn out to be tomorrow's enemy. This practice transcends partisan politics. We tend to judge by our own set of morals and principles, which may be different then that of the people in those other countries. We have a weakness for wanting other countries to be more like us, as we have more rights and freedoms as most other nations. Then we face a catch 22 situation. If we keep our heads out of world politics, we get accused of being "isolationists". If we do become involved, we get accused of trying to police the world. It seems that no matter what we do, we can't seem to please everyone.... Dave |
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