To: AllansAlias who wrote (52184 ) 9/2/2002 5:16:15 PM From: marginmike Read Replies (2) | Respond to Allan you have to understrand the american mentality, wherin americans have done more to bail out financially and millitarily more countries then anyone in modern History. We as Americans are disgusted in that, these so called allies, like France and germany who we spent BILLIONS defending and rebuilding refuse to stand behind us in a time of need. The USA has been attacked in several instences in the last several years by Arab fundimentalists, whom have been funded and aided by Countries like IRAQ, IRAN, and saudi Arabi. These countries systamaticly have declared war on the USA by attacking a major economic interest. Their goal to unify Arabs against the western nations. Not unlike the 1930's much of the free world wants to assume that things can be contained, If we just appease the Saudi's and Pallestinians then IRAQ will behave. Unfourtunatly history has been litered with great societies that believed such fatal logic. Rome for instence believed in paying off The hordes in Gaul, and enlist them in their ranks. The Greeks busy squabling amongst themselves were conquered by the Romans. The French as we all know in 1939, as other nation states were overrun by hitler, whom was also believed to be containable. If Hitler had been a litlle more patient he may have been running things, as his Nuke program would have succedded way before anyone here. The problem is Europe and the world wants the easy decision, just forget about him and he will go away. It simply isnt that easy. sadam huesien with a nukelear arsenal would be a catastrophe. Something must be done, and unfourtunatly it will be done by the one nation that has allowed prosparity to flourish by provinding a safe and sound world system to thrive. What will one day be called Pax-americana. Frankly I am an isolationist and believe we should allow all these nut jobs to blow each other up, and I include the French and Germans in that bunch. We will gladly sell them all the guns they need. I do disagree with the Canadian bashing though and feel Brittain, and Canada are America's only true allies who would follow us even if they had some doubts to our strategy. As they have in the past. Canad is an extension of America, and in many ways on improved version, however anyway you look at it Sadam must go, with our without world Opinion. I will remind you of the thrashing Isreal took for bombing Iraqi Nuke plant. Seems they made the tough but correct decision. As will the Untid States.
