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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (53600)4/7/2003 2:10:48 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
No WMDs in iraq and there will be hell to pay on the world stage for this war, jmo.

Hell to pay from whom? Who is going to stand up for the dictator's right to exist even if he didn't have WMD's? Who is going to defend his right to lead Iraq through brutal, terrorizing oppressive force?

All the dictatorial governments in the world whose countries have any resources whatsoever are wondering "if they are next" I suspect.

That's the idea, and hopefully they are next. The idea is leadership through terror and oppression is not acceptable, and if you are a government that rules a country's people using these methods, you may get the gun pointed in your direction. Dictatorial regimes generally use their country's resources to help the dictator's family, not the population, and there is a strong moral case that that is wrong. How many ordinary Saudis do you think support the idea of the royal family living in Mercedes and mansions and monthlong summer trips to Switzerland while they live near the poverty line?

The next time the UN (or whatever world body emerges after the debacle of the past 6 months) says to a dictator "This is unacceptable" some of them may jump, because the alternative is what happened to Saddam's Iraq. The only ones in the world that are going to be worried are the governments that are not ruling in the best interests of their populations.

Dats my opinion. Bad governments + lots of resources = bad people with power = they gotta go!
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