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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: carranza2 who wrote (154566)12/21/2004 11:51:39 AM
From: michael97123  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
June 05 it is then, the new drop dead date. (g) And as far as Zacharia goes, it is something that i always believed in too but perhaps I got carried away with the democratic rhetoric preceding the war. You ask
"What was the alternative? Let Saddam continue on his merry way? In my view, that was not a choice but a sentence."

Between the "merry way (KOJOgate)" and war there had to be other choices even some that involved a smarter war or should i say a smarter peace.

"They are receiving help from any number of other interested parties--AQ, Iranians, etc.--who have no stake in a democratic Iraq."

I would add syria and saudi arabia as well along with other sunnis afraid of ahiaa rule in an arab country. In the mind of the average arab muslim, perhaps the sunni/shiaa distinction is more important in some ways than the moslem/christian or moslem/jewish one. The latter may be perceived as enemies but the former as traitors to the cause. Treason is often viewed as worse. You think?? mike
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