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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: KonKilo who wrote (71538)2/5/2003 11:52:59 PM
From: frankw1900  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
At this level, politicians from real countries don't tell fibs. The facts Powell presented will be true.

Governments will make decisions on the basis of their interests and interpretation.

The US has made a strong case that Hussein's regime is rearming in the same manner as Hitler's did. There are definite bad consequences for not forcefully disarming, even replacing, the regime.

Forcibly disarming or replacing Hussein's regime means going to war, which is also a rotten, but not necessarily worse, decision than allowing Hussein's regime to continue.

From your posts I have the impression you'd like to know every outcome of such a war before agreeing to it. You won't get that information because much of it is unknown to the US government.

I expect you will find quite a bit of information in next couple of weeks about what the US would like to do in Iraq after the war. But what the US actually will do after the invasion is unknowable because it will depend on the the situation then.

This much is knowable about it. The US will behave in a correct manner towards Iraqi military people and civilians. It will also arrest the important surviving members of Saddam's government for trial by Iraqi courts for the crimes they have committed against the Iraqi people.

The US will also try to preserve Iraq's boundaries.

I expect if you look through the US State Department's website and its related links you might find a good indication of what the US wants to do in Iraq after the war. But as I said, what actually will be done depends on the situation then.

The US is usually consistent with its stated intentions when it comes to big things.
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