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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Neocon who wrote (103960)7/3/2003 6:40:02 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Neocon, fibbing about fiddling with a secretary isn't as bad as lying to a nation about Weapons of Mass Destruction and sending young guys off to war and their death. Not to mention the innocent Iraqis killed in the process.

I happen to agree that invasion of Iraq and deposing of Saddam was a good thing. I didn't buy the weapons of mass destruction business and think King George II was showing Saddam what happens to somebody who tries to kill his wife and father, not to mention what happens to somebody who pays terrorists to blow themselves up, killing Americans, not to mention the other things which Saddam did. Saddam also thought the World Trade Center destruction a good thing; one in the eye for the Americans - though he pointed out he didn't have anything to do with it.

But there is due process and soldiers shouldn't be sent to kill and be killed by deceit.

The main thing which needed doing, which is still not the slightest under way, was to get the UN into a form that can do what is needed with beyond the pale countries such as Saddam's Iraq. The USA has a responsibility to lead that change if they want to go stamping around the world usurping the likes of Omar, Saddam, Taylor and Mugabe. Simply blowing up a bunch of stuff and people and getting rid of a regime isn't good enough.

Dealing with the aftermath is the key to success.

The Clinton decade was a great decade. The Bush years are nowhere near as much fun.

I say ditch the silly Roosevelt 3 term amendment [which prevents the will of the people selecting the candidate they prefer] and bring back Clinton. An election of Bill vs George would be fun.

Mqurice
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