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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: JohnM who wrote (18935)2/15/2002 10:55:46 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
...the willingness of US public opinion to stomach something as dramatic as an invasion. If they try to do it without some triggering event, some very large triggering event that can be linked to Saddam, then I predict we will go back to Vietnam style opposition at home and a one-term Bush presidency

I do believe that Sept 11th marked a change in public opinion, John. People are receptive now to the case against Saddam. And destroying a muderous tyrant like Saddam makes a far more compelling case than the abstractions of the domino theory in South East Asia.

Also, Vietnam style opposition only started some years after we went into Vietnam. The campaign against Iraq would not take years -- it's utterly lopsided from a military point of view. And Saddam certainly does not have widespread popular support, nor funding from an outside superpower, nor any jungles to hide in.

The real question is of costs, casualties, PR ramifications, and of course, what to do the day after.
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