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To: Dayuhan who wrote (41464)	9/1/2002 10:29:57 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 281500

One person seriously listening to Bush on Iraq is Saddam Hussain. If we were going to attack Iraq, we are going about it the wrong way. orange-today.co.uk Iraqi military digging in to defend Baghdad The US says Iraq is digging in to protect Baghdad in the biggest build-up of defences around the city since the Gulf War. Officials say Iraqis are digging defensive positions for tanks, artillery and troops. They add that some military units are spreading out their heavy equipment to make it more difficult to target. In addition anti-aircraft defences are being moved to improve the protection of the Iraqi capital from US airstrikes. A Bush administration official said: "It's the largest defensive preparation since Desert Storm. "The rhetoric they are hearing coming from the United States - they're taking it very, very seriously." Saddam Hussein recently said he would take any fight with US forces to the streets of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. However, some of the US military's advantages in technology and training are mitigated when fighting in a city, rather than in the open. The US threats of war toward Iraq have grown louder in the last month, with Vice President Dick Cheney and other officials laying out the Bush administration's case in recent speeches. Scott McClellan, a spokesman for George W Bush, said: "The President hasn't made a decision about any particular course of action. Our policy is one of regime change, and when it comes to that, the President is keeping his options open." Story filed: 05:29 Saturday 31st August 2002

To: Dayuhan who wrote (41464)	9/1/2002 11:14:49 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

If this is applied to Iraq, it assumes what has yet to be demonstrated: that Iraq is actively trying to destroy us. I realize that some people want us to believe this. I don't think they have made their case in any terribly convincing fashion. I know. It's easy for you not to give a shit because you live in the Philippines, so it's all academic. Who gives a flying fuck about people who live in Washington, D.C.? Well, those of us who do live here. So when I see Dubya, Cheney, Ashcroft, and others who do live here trying frantically to take down Saddam, my thought is not that their goal is feathering their own nests or destroying civil liberties, I think they're trying to save themselves, their loved ones, and people like me and my children. I honestly hope with all my heart that we are not the next target. I hope it's you and your children or some of the other people who say that "I don't think they have made their case in any terribly convincing fashion." SirRealist, Karen Marshall, Win Smith. That shouldn't bother you guys, since you don't think anybody is a target, right? Repeat after me, Saddam isn't a threat, so what's the worry? If you and your children were the target, would you feel any differently?