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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: LindyBill who wrote (55286)10/28/2002 9:33:55 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Thanks for continuing to post these, Bill.

I'm surprised by two things in this argument. First, the strongest argument I've seen to invade Iraq is Pollack's argument, the oil argument, it's impact on the global economy, and the need to topple Saddam before he can blackmail Saudi Arabia and thus control the supply of a great deal of the world's oil. It's surprising that's not mentioned at all. Second, the Al Q and terrorism argument strikes me as the weakest argument for attacking Iraq. Here again I refer to Pollack who considers it a very low priority for the reasons others often state--secular Iraq versus hyper religious Al Q; Saddam'sd desire to control, etc.

Any thoughts?
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