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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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From: Geoff Altman11/13/2005 3:54:54 PM
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Speaking on topics that some have indicated this thread is sick and tired of. Let's consider the much debated subject of WMDs and our decision to invade Iraq and remove Saddam. Let me start this with a brief review of the American environment as a prelude without going into a bunch of minute.

Let me start out by saying that America has never been the land of appeasement. This hasn't been a weakness of ours but a strength. The American people have never been into turning the other cheek when it comes to the deaths of our citizens at home or abroad. We respond in kind depending on the scale of the offense. If our citizens or interests are attacked, either at home or internationally, we respond in kind in order to protect both. IMO the American people wouldn't stand for anything less. So, with this in mind, America was looking for some type of recourse after 9/11. 9/11, being the most egregious attack on American soil since the War of 1812.

Now say you're the President and you realize all of the above. What's a President to do? Being that the attack was carried out by a terrorist organization that is made up of many different type nationalities it kind of makes in hard to react in any specific manner. You can't identify even one country as a base for a reprisal since Al-Qiada is a mobile organization. Since there are multiple countries that Al-Qiada operates out of it's pretty hard for a President to pick one at random to attack. Say the President decides on attacking one of the main instigators of terrorism in the mideast, Syria. What kind of response is this going to induce from the surrounding countries? Indeed, most of those countries the US is barely on speaking terms. Not to mention what kind of affect this is going to have on the more moderate countries like Jordan? Now the President knows there's one country in the Mideast that's headed by a man of unspeakable cruelty and ruthlessness topped off with a generous disregard for the people he rules. He knows that this dictator would love to get his hands on a nuclear device to use against his enemies. He’s even had some questionable reports that this dictator may be trying to buy material to make a bomb. The majority of the world has already expressed an extreme dislike for this reckless leader..........

I'll have to complete this later since I've got an appointment to kick someones butt in billiards.
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