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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (351703)	2/1/2003 3:46:23 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I am usually open to options. Not this time. My focus during PhD study (ancient history now) was on human motivation. With most personality types there is an intervention (behavioral or therapeutic) that can effect a beneficial change, when things arent working out. Saddam's personality type is goal oriented. In most cases that is good. But when the goal is to overtake, oppress, conquor, or destroy for the sake of power, the usual incentives (rewards, compromise, contingencies) are ineffective. Saddam has not modified his attitude in the slightest, or hinted at any willingness to give and compromise in a peace process. Containment is impractical and would have the side effect of supporting Saddam's despotic behavior in the region...that is what has happened since the 90s. I/we must take responsibility for the hundreds of thousands of innocent villagers who have died in this regard during the interrum. Up till now, everyone has prefered to blame Saddam for that. Do you want the responsibility for it in the future? He represents a relative few Regime loyalists. I think it would be a matter of days or hours to secure his capture and pull him out...done deal, and we can move on. Its not like we have to guess which mountain of caves we will find him in out of millions of acres of difficult terrain. It is Bagdad, not all of Iraq. People who want to get out of the city and away from the fracus can. Brainwashed regimists will tragically go to their fate. Probably believing they are honoring their people and protecting their homes. Hard to call them all bad guys but definitely our enemies in this battle. Yes, then to deal with a lot of disruption and upheaval in the region. Change is hard and I never promised you a rose garden...that was coug. <g>