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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: stockman_scott who wrote (69702)1/29/2003 1:23:42 AM
From: slacker711  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Bush didn't convince me that Iraq was A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER that warranted going to war right now.

If Iraq becomes a "A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER", it will already be too late for action.

For illustration, the various India-Pakistan flareups over the last two years. Twenty years ago, India would likely have gone to war over the terrorist incidents that they perceived to be directed by Pakistan. In this case, there was very little they could do, a war would have carried the risk of a nuclear escalation.

India could have absolute and unequivocal evidence that Paksistan was behind the attacks and they still would have been left with only diplomatic and economic pressure.

For an example closer to home....we have very few options with respect to North Korea.

If five years from now, Iraq has a nuclear weapon....what could we do if we had clear evidence of Al Qaeda training camps in Iraq?

The answer is just about nothing.

Slacker
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