Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

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

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (1446)	1/15/2003 11:37:25 AM
From: Ed Huang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Hi Foxlette, You look beautiful(just saw your picture)! Catched some rabbits to eat lately? Jungle life is wonderful!

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (1446)	1/15/2003 12:31:21 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

excellent post, foxlette. if our military build up, the threat of force up aids in convincing saddam to step aside... this administration will be looked upon as genius... if he doesn't and he is deposed forcibly and we go in and destroy his hidden arsenals, it will also look like genius. i consider the current course potentially a win/win the only problem would be if we back down without achieving our goal of disarmament. (due to vacillating "allies") then we will be perceived as a paper tiger and will do more to embolden rogue nations with WMD's. my opinion, that is the worse case scenario.

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (1446)	1/15/2003 12:35:41 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Excellent post...

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (1446)	1/16/2003 1:20:55 AM
From: SBHX	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Agreed. Frankly, I hope the war is over without a single american firing a shot and that saddam follows the footsteps of Ceaucescu and Mussolini. That would be best for everyone. But if it does not unfold that way, well, at least with Saddam's ability to function curtailed, anti-Ba'th forces will become stronger in time. Maybe they can take him out. If not, lets just hope the americans have enough presence of mind to throw everything they have at it and get it over quickly.

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (1446)	1/19/2003 5:22:35 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

I appreciate your perspective, however I disagree with much of it. Much of what you've described about how bad Saddam is existed back when the US supported him, the difference being his bad behavior supported our interests. So that he behaves today like he behaved then is really no surprise, is it? Much though some of my debate opponents on this thread might discourtesously allege, I don't think everyone on this thread would like to see Saddam as our leader. The United States does not have any world authority to determine who the leader is of another nation. The US, however, does have the authority to defend itself, Afghanastan where the Taliban harbored the terrorists who attacked the US is example. Message 18464119 It's not at all proven Iraq had anything to do with the terrorist attack on the US. In fact, in a comparative, one could argue Iraq had more just cause moving into Kuwait than the US would have just cause moving into Iraq. The weapons of mass destruction issue is a United Nations issue for oversight; not a United States issue for oversight. If the US is to move into Iraq on the basis of the existence of WMD, it must do so as a UN participant and not a lone ranger.