If this is applied to Iraq, it assumes what has yet to be demonstrated: that Iraq is actively trying to destroy us. I realize that some people want us to believe this. I don't think they have made their case in any terribly convincing fashion.
I know. It's easy for you not to give a shit because you live in the Philippines, so it's all academic.
Who gives a flying fuck about people who live in Washington, D.C.? Well, those of us who do live here.
So when I see Dubya, Cheney, Ashcroft, and others who do live here trying frantically to take down Saddam, my thought is not that their goal is feathering their own nests or destroying civil liberties, I think they're trying to save themselves, their loved ones, and people like me and my children.
I honestly hope with all my heart that we are not the next target. I hope it's you and your children or some of the other people who say that "I don't think they have made their case in any terribly convincing fashion." SirRealist, Karen Marshall, Win Smith.
That shouldn't bother you guys, since you don't think anybody is a target, right? Repeat after me, Saddam isn't a threat, so what's the worry?
If you and your children were the target, would you feel any differently? |
