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To: velociraptor_ who wrote (7896)	2/13/2003 10:22:45 PM
From: skinowski	Respond to of 10157

Anyone else smelling World War III around the corner? Yes. I guess that this is how the world felt back in the 1930's, with nations taking sides in evolving global conflicts. Same is now – alliances are weakening, new ones are forming, tensions are growing... Slow motion WWIII might be already on as we speak.

To: velociraptor_ who wrote (7896)	2/13/2003 10:31:46 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 10157

Do not see any WWIII if the US will act decisively and eliminate the present regime in Iraq. The quicker the better!! The key issue is full force and decisiveness to put fear in all rouge nations. France will crumble for economic reason as it will be cut out of any future deals in the ME. France are perverse gamblers and their opposition to regime change is money nothing else. It is about time to make it clear to France that they are not a world power anymore and bring in India instead.

To: velociraptor_ who wrote (7896)	2/13/2003 11:07:52 PM
From: macavity	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 10157

I wonder where everyone got this idea of pre-emptive attack from? "Pre-emptive war..... Suicide from fear of death!" Otto Von Bismarck It is just stupid. When the most powerful nation the world has ever seen goes on record as saying: 1) they will attack pre-emptively 2) they will not rule out a nuclear first strike 3) they will not be held to previous multilateral peace treaties especially those concerning weapons of mass destruction - CW and BW Then can someone please explain why it is so crazy for every tinpot running a fruit-and-nut republic to behave similarly. Iraq shows exactly what happens when you get on the wrong side of America - they attack you! Right now every tinpot and terrorist is on the waiting list for a couple of N.Korean nukes - they have no export industry except weapons technology and the slave/sex trade Yup, they are all following the great example of G-W. Thankyou Mr Bush for leading the way. If we all go-it-alone then this is what we get. I am living in Target A - Tokyo - at the moment. The only advantage is that there will be no warning when they launch. I am sorry but this entire situation is a direct and predictable consequence of the US policies mentioned above. I agree that the US should not give N.Korea fuel and stuff when it is clearly breaking a deal. But while the US does not 'rule out the right to pre-empt and use WMDs itself' it is really not in the position to lecture and expect others to listen to it. This whole war on Terror should not be fought with 5 carrier groups and 100s of bombers. It is a covert/guerilla war. The more traditional it is the more recruits the terrorists get. Just my view from Target A! -macavity