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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (113956)9/6/2003 10:51:30 AM
From: Sam  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
Hawk,
One important problem with your (and the WH's) pretty constant analogy of this war to WWII (aside from the obvious ones like territorial, governmental, etc.) is that the allies in WWII were willing to use any and everything--right up to scorched earth tactics. It was do or die. If we would have had to destroy every city in Japan in order to win, we would have. Ditto for Germany. We can't do that here.

You and others are making the error of identifying Saddam with the war on terror. These are two different wars. And by taking Saddam out, the US has unwittingly aided our enemies in the war on terror. We have provided a nice recruiting poster. We have eliminated one of its own mortal enemies, an enemy in fact who spoke its own language and understood its culture better than we do.

We have also managed in our wonderful wisdom to put Iraq into play; now Iraq is a possible staging ground for their games. At the very least it is a training ground for them to see what works and what doesn't. If the UN doesn't bail us out at some point, we will be in deep trouble. If the UN does come to bail us out, we will still be in trouble. But will have a whipping boy to share the trouble with.

Not only that, the Bush admin will have someone else to blame for the trouble. If things go badly, they will blame the UN. If they go well, they will take credit for their wonderful leadership. This administration is brilliant at avoiding taking responsibility for their actions.
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