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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR
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To: Just_Observing who wrote (8568)2/15/2003 3:46:21 PM
From: David Lawrence  Read Replies (2) of 25898
 
>>Besides, Iraq's neighbors don't perceive it as a threat. So why do we?

Of course they don't.... as long as we're there to make sure they don't become one. Otherwise, you don't think Kuwait, Saudi, and Iran would be quaking in their boots?

Those governments are all in between a rock and a hard place. If we continue to contain Saddam indefinitely, they maintain their tenuous hold on power. If we walk away, Saddam rebuilds and invades them. If we take out Saddam and manage to promote a representative government, they will ultimately fall to internal revolution in their own countries. Given those options, is it any wonder they are in favor of maintaining the status quo?

Has the entire history of this thread been equally blind to the realities of the region?
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