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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (149915)8/19/2002 10:44:18 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1569978
 
The logic of taking Saddam out now? Well really the logic applies better maybe years ago when it was obvious that Saddam would not let the inspectors do their job or then a bit later when he actually kicked them out. However since nothing was done then we are left to do something about it now.

Note the fact that I see the logic behind it and the justification for it does not mean that I am 100% behind it. You could say I have reservations about it, I just don't share your very negative opinion of it.

Pakistan, hardly a benign nation, has nuclear devices......do we take out the henchman who runs that country? How about Ukraine? I believe they have missiles and nuclear devices........their leader is a dictator and is said to be crazy. Do we take him out?

Neither leader has shown himself to be as bad as Saddam, particularly as aggressive against other nations. Also they both already have nukes so there is no benefit to be gained by attacking them to prevent the countries for acquiring nukes. Finally we didn't fight recent wars against them, and they didn't violate any agreement put in place to end a war with us.

Please explain the logic of taking Saddam out now, and not the rest of them? Why now, and not ten
years ago?

I've already explained the logic, at least twice. We tried to control his WMD programs without invading Iraq but it didn't work.

Tim
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