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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (181622)1/27/2004 12:47:45 AM
From: TimF   of 1575705
 
The fact that Iraq is unilateral demonstrates that there is not a compelling threat.

I don't think it demonstrates anything of the sort. By saying this I'm not asserting that there was a compelling immediate threat. I don't think that all of our traditional allies will always support action when there is a compelling threat.

Is the monetary and human cost significant?

Does it have significance yes but so does 20+million freed Iraqis and the removal of Saddam and other possible but less certain benefits.

Is transparency important?

I think transparency is generally good, and I agree with you that this administration has been less transparent then it could be. Its far from the only administration to be non-transparent about important issues but "everyone else is doing it" isn't an excuse.

Yes there is, and it's expedient, especially with this administration. Otherwise Bush would be in Iraq, North Korea, Pakistan, Sudan...

Those are all very different situations.

Tim
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