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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36917)8/11/2002 9:18:08 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Indeed, that IS an good editorial and makes several points relevant to certain arguments that have been made out here in opposition to overthrowing Saddam.

But if he is left alone for the next few years he'll likely do something aggressive closer to home--against Israel, the Kurds, or maybe Saudi Arabia--and use his weapons of mass destruction as blackmail to keep the United States from responding.

This is what I have been arguing with Bilow. It's just downright inevitable that Saddam, once possessig nukes, would attempt to "sow his oats" and see how far he could push us.

His idea is that containment--the first hallmark of cold war U.S. foreign policy--won't work against terrorists and mad dictators who want to wreak havoc at least as much as they want to capture territory. And that deterrence--the second hallmark--won't work against fanatics who aren't fazed by the prospect of massive retaliation. So the United States must destroy them before they destroy us.

Another painfully obvious element which non-interventionists refuse to ignore. Especially when they cry for more "containment", but forget the fact that this presence in the Middle East adds fuel to fundamentalist fires when it comes to recruiting.

And I loved this one:

Making international opposition the primary rationale for opposing war with Iraq is essentially a way for Democrats to outsource the moral and strategic thinking they need to do themselves.

We cannot hold our security hostage to Europeans or anyone else. We were attacked by Extremist Fundamentalists operating through a world-wide criminal organization based in the Middle East. We have to eliminate all of those bases and Saddam should be the first domino to fall. Iran should fall by itself later, while Syria and Saudi Arabia might see the handwriting on the wall and moderate their activities related to creating tension in the middle east (Israel).

Hawk
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