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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (1293)	1/14/2003 12:12:02 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

PROVOCATION, THE BEST TOOL OF A SCOUNDREL PartyTime, I'm certain Bush has his staff working overtime on every trick they can think of to provoke the Iraqis. Fortunately there are now plenty of Western observers with video cameras in Iraq, as well as the Islamic media such as al Jazeera that will cover any deliberate U.S. provocation and make it much less likely to succeed in galvanizing American opinion than would have been the case, for instance, during the Viet Nam era. The Bushies have much less room to deceive today than previous Administrations because the level of skepticism is so high. However, they have countered with the most obnoxious secrecy regime that the American democracy has ever been forced to endure. A never ending escalation of secrets, lies and distrust on all sides. Except for someone like me, who says it is time to totally open up the Federal government to inspection by the American public. -Ray

To: PartyTime who wrote (1293)	1/14/2003 11:02:12 AM
From: Ed Huang	Respond to of 25898

>>I don't think Bush politically can keep that military there eating up all kinds of dough when virtually every state in the union's respective budgets are being busted up. Moreover, the presence of those troops in those lands for certain will further stir the caldrons of Muslim hatred for Americans, thus enhancing Bin Laden's anti-American recruiting efforts.<< Agree. And also clearly, Bush can't afford to delay the invasion at the expense of "Greater Israel" long-term plan (who's the boss?). The next target will be Iran or Saudi, if U.S. don't move quickly, those countries will achieve stronger defense systems or "WMD" as we call it. Any prolonged delay will put the plan in grave jeopardy! >>'Tis true. Those it's gonna be very difficult for Bush to keep our soldiers there until seasonal temperatures become favorable. He'll definitely need an excuse to begin his war, whether it's sending in a manned low-flying airplane for Saddam's forces to shoot down, whether it's diplomatically recognizing and opposition government and coming to their assistance regardless of the position of the UN; whether it's claiming the Iraqis are still holding a prisoner of war from his dad's war; whether weapons of mass destruction get planted for the UN inspectors to find, etc.<< Well said! Finding an excuse is always easy. Just choose a suitable military action timing, excuse will arrive in time. The war does seem inevitable.