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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Neocon who wrote (127389)3/26/2004 9:36:22 AM
From: redfish  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
"By terminating the regime, we could once and for all eliminate a threat to the stability of the region and to US interests that had been lingering for no good reason. We could finally fulfill our promises to the Kurds and Shi'ites who rose up against Saddam in the early '90s assuming our backing, and who were left without recourse when clandestine attempts to overthrow Saddam failed. We could make a demonstration of resolve that other rogue regimes would take to heart. And we could alter the politics of the region by eliminating Iraq from their worries and by providing an example of Arab democracy, supposing we succeed."

That's all well and good, but I don't think it is a terribly good use of resources at a time when we are under attack by islamic terrorists. I think those 140,000 troops and $120b could have been better used to capture or kill Bin Laden and his co-horts.
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