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

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (9924)	2/18/2003 3:52:05 PM
From: Richaaard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

<<<<there is a good case that he can be removed without our starting a war>>>>> Go ahead, I'm listening....is he going to have a heart attack, or get run over by an ex-wife's Mercedes?

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (9924)	2/18/2003 4:00:53 PM
From: AK2004	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Art wait a sec, "mess he's made of the economy"? Who fed you that BS (sorry can not find any other appropriate term)? If you want I can give you a lecture on cycles and the effect of the government and FR on it but it would take too long. The short version is - if any administration is to be blamed for the mess we are in now it should be clinton's..... re: To say that war is the only way fails to acknowledge other legitimate alternatives. that what I keep asking everyone here for, legitimate alternatives. Everyone is saying that they are there but no one want to point even to a single one. re: The right kind of diplomacy, coupled with generous amounts of assistance to the cooperating countries the only country that can challenge Iraq is Israel, do you really want Israel to enter Baghdad given arab's feelings about Israel? -Albert

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (9924)	2/18/2003 9:27:02 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 25898

>>> Albert, the thing to realize about Saddam is that nobody wants him to stay around, not us, not the Arabs in surrounding countries, not many of the Arabs and Kurds in Iraq, and not even some of the Iraqis. With popularity like that, we don't need a war to get rid of him. The right kind of diplomacy, coupled with generous amounts of assistance to the cooperating countries (you can call it bribes if you choose, but assistance is the legal term), would be sufficient, and cheaper than a war.<<< Excellent analysis!