Jim,
re: Investigators Say Iraqi Mass Graves Hold 300,000
Is that a good reason to take out SH? Absolutely.
And if the Bush administration had gone to NATO, the UN, the other ME countries with that reasoning, then there would have eventually been a consensus, and a multi-national force, to do the deed.
The problem is that the administration didn't care about 100,000, or 300,000, dead Iraqi's. They had a goal, based on whatever econonmic or political ends, and they invented a justification. A justification sure to fly with the public, because of the rage and mourning for a huge tragedy. Ask yourself, could Bush have attacked Iraq without 9/11?
If we had had a world wide consensus, a multi-national force, would I have supported the overthrow of SH? Based on his human rights record? As much as I hate war, yes, very reluctantly.
But you can't give the administration compassion points for this war. It's a post-war, no WMD, scrambling for credabilty justification.
And if you agree with US independent action based on human rights, there are at least a half dozen other counties, that would cost another ~600$Billion, and thousands of American kids, that are on your agenda. Do you support the idea of the US as a military human rights enforcer, throughout the world?
John
PS All that said, I'm sincerely shocked by those numbers. |
