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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: jlallen who wrote (287917)8/18/2002 4:57:20 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
Re: "Times have changed. It is not rational to wait until Saddam gets WMD before acting.....he has failed to observe the terms of the armistice. His support of terror, even if he is not directly implicated in 9/11 is not suspect. I guess it all depends on how you define "provocation"...."

>>> I have argued on this thread that - although the risks and potential damages to American interests in the World are very large - if we replace Saddam with a functioning Democracy in Iraq... then the goal may be tempting enough to go for it.

>>> A 'Golden Band' of Democracies stretching from Turkey, through Iraq and Iran (likely to self-opt for greater freedom from Theocratic rule because of demographic pressures) and on to Afghanistan would reorder - not just the Middle East - but also the World.

>>> But, if our aim is only to replace one dictator with another, more compliant dictator... then we are courting disaster. The relevant question is: are we willing to stay the distance (a decade, by my estimations), and pay the true costs (well in excess of $100 billion I judge... what with the $60 billion Desert Storm, and the Marshall Plan as examples)?

>>> Democracy in Iraq would also mean the end of the House of Saud (see my post) and the end of Kuwaiti royal rule too:

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