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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: JustTradeEm who wrote (87212)3/28/2003 10:11:08 AM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
JB, if you are going to dislike someone, do it for the right reasons and present your enemies truthfully.

> this all could have been avoided if France, Germany and Russia had stood up

Very unlikely. Blair has been with Bush and it did not make a difference...and if you believe the administration, 60 or so nations are with them and the opposition is only a minority, so how much difference would it have made?

> If they had, there would never have been protestors in the streets ...

Ya right. As if people are just potted plant and can't organize events outside of government sanctions.

> It would appear now though that the intent of the "old 3" is simply to keep Hussein in power...

Really? Do you truthfully believe this or is this a feel-good rant? The intent had always been containment of Bush&Co. If reasons for their opposition was the simple minded explanations of dollars and cents, don't you think Bush would have been happy to share the Iraqi oil to make them come along. Certainly it would have been less costly than the $30B he offered Turkey because it would be coming out of Iraqis pockets.

> He had no problem gassing his own terrorist and innocent citizens in a theater...

There you go again. Try to understand the difference between gassing your own citizens and miscalculating chemical reactions to a morphine by-product.

> The simple fact is there is a simple solution to sparing all lives...

Yes we live in a world blessed with simple reasons and obvious solutions. And Saddam is just the kind of person who thinks the UN, the EU, and other people's opinions should be a consideration in his actions, just like Bush does. Right?

> people truly want to protest for what is best for Iraqi innocents...

I know...the beatings will continue until employee moral improves. Now get on with it :^)

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