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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: paul_philp who wrote (75406)2/19/2003 9:35:04 AM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
It doesn't drive me crazy, as I agree that Bush has not done a good job of articulating the justification for going after Saddam which, by the way, I think Friedman misunderstands.

It's about keeping Saddam from getting nukes, pure and simple. It all flows from that premise, the rest is window-dressing. And it is a very good justification, though a bit complex for J6P to fully understand. Perhaps the Bushies think the public won't buy the need to act now to deter two or three horrible scenarios in the future.

In any event, I think the nuke justification should have been put immediately on the table and repeated until even kindergarten-age children understood it. The public would have eventually gotten it. A simple, difficult-to-rebutt point would have made all the difference in the world.
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