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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (140528)7/15/2004 8:52:30 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Nadine, suppose I agree with you on everything you have to say about Saddam as it relates to his character, how do you make the case that waging this war was the best course of action and that other solutions would not have been better? You'd have to make the case for three things:

1. Capability: Intent alone is not enough; you have to show that Saddam had the capacity to do great damage and that there was no other way to prevent his access beyond this war.

2. Urgency: You have to show that this was an urgent matter that could not be delayed even for a few months to allow the inspectors finish their job or to plan for some kind of assassination/revolution over the next few years.

3. Cost/benefits: You have to show that the most likely damage (not a hypothetical worst case) that Saddam could have done was far worse than the most likely damage of this war (for example the increase in terrorist recruits for at least a generation).
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