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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: JohnM who wrote (73582)2/13/2003 1:41:08 PM
From: stockman_scott   of 281500
 
John: Bush has backed himself into a corner and blown it on the negotiations front -- we have antagonized our Allies and almost definately committed this country to a reckless and dangerous war (Ellsberg thinks it will be a mistake just like VietNam was...John Mearsheimer thinks it could be avoided with 'vigilant containment').

This is terrible for our economy too...With the uncertainty about war and increased terrorism threats consumers and businesses may become even more cautious at just the wrong time.

War is a very serious thing and IMO should be used only as a last resort -- when all other options have been exhausted...I have some young friends over in Kuwait right now (they are part of a Ranger Team)...No sense in seeing young Americans with families go into Iraq and play war games for the Administration that may not have thought things through carefully...Saddam is only really dangerous according to the CIA when his back is up against the wall and he is being attacked...That's when he might be likely to use what we don't ever want him to use...Saddam may also blow up his oil fields and create a massive environmental disaster that would require tens of billions of our tax dollars to contain (it happened in Kuwait before). Hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis who have already suffered too much would probably be killed if we start the big bombing campaign in the next few weeks -- I wonder how we'll be viewed in the muslim world..? This is Bin Laden's dream come true -- he is encouraging us to go to war with Iraq and become distracted (he knows it will divide the NATO alliance and weaken our economy)...There are better ways to deal with the threats -- and we need high levels of global cooperation to do it...I am not encouraged by the way this Administration is conducting foreign policy.
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