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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: epicure who wrote (139454)7/8/2004 4:54:31 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Your argument, basically, has been that that Saddam was dangerous because he was irrational, and unpredictable. I think he was predictable, if one took the time to understand him- which means your argument falls apart.

I see, you have special insight into the predictive arts as they relate to irrational and unpredictable dictators. All while our vital security and economic interests are at stake.

Wow.

This is crazy.

Millions of dollars were spent trying to divine Saddam's intentions by all kinds of intelligence agencies, which have been recently proven to have been dead wrong, yet you think Saddam's invasion of Kuwait could have been avoided and he could have been deterred if we simply "understood" him a bit better.

I worry about America and Americans. We are thankfully big enough and strong enough to accomodate thinking like yours. God help us should your kind of thinking ever predominate.
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