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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004
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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (1405)3/11/2003 3:54:01 PM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (1) of 10965
 
The Kurds hate the Turks more than or as much as Saddam.
Therefore that's a no-win situation for us.

Kosovo was mostly a European issue so it made no sense to do anything there unilaterally. UN and NATO issues.

Since Saddam hasn't attacked us Iraq is also a UN issue, not specifically a US issue. AT least it shouldn't be, but Bush has made it a US issue for some reason.

The problem is Bush has declared war basically on Iraq and now cannot or will not back down. There may be good reasons but there is also no rush nor should this be our priority. North Korea and Al Qaida are greater threats right now.

Speaking of stopping atrocities (like in Kosovo), you know the very atrocities of Saddam's that Bushies keep bringing up as a reason to go in (which happened 12-18 years ago) were tolerated and even supported by the Reagan administration. Have you seen the video of Rumsfield shaking hands with Saddam with a big smile? We helped create this monster and are partly to blame for his past atrocities. Ironic. But now Saddam hasn't commited any major crimes against the world in 12 years.

So what's the big issue now? Why now? Bush's only answer is if not now, when? But look at the price we're paying for his stubborn lack of diplomacy. Better plan would be to keep applying the vise to Saddam, disarm him gradually, then find an opportunity to kill him and create a coup d'etat. Bushie type spooks have doen it before, why not again? Could save us hundreds of billions.
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