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

To: PartyTime who wrote (14163)	3/1/2003 5:24:18 AM
From: BubbaFred	Respond to of 25898

"Our duty as citizens is to determine which wars are fought for legitimate reasons and work to prevent those that are unjust." "Despite successfully dismantling the Taliban regime, the United States and its supporters failed to eliminate the threat from al-Qaeda. Thousands of fighters are scattered worldwide. Destroying this network is the primary strategic challenge we face. Attacking Iraq will detract from our primary mission against al-Qaeda, supercharging anti-American sentiment in the Arab street, boosting al-Qaeda's recruiting, and causing difficulty for moderate Arab regimes." General Wesley Clark (retired) former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe "I'm not sure which planet they live on, because it isn't the one that I travel. [If] we intend to solve this through violent action, we're on the wrong course. First of all, I don't see that that's necessary. Second of all, I think that war and violence are a very last resort." General Anthony Zinni (retired)

To: PartyTime who wrote (14163)	3/1/2003 7:30:06 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

I regard it as more than speculation that Saddam if left alone will achieve nuclear arms. As we know, the French provided him pretty highly enriched yellowcake. And they trained a large number of Iraqi nuclear scientists and technicians. When Saddam does get nukes he will attempt to redraw the map of the ME as he has said he would. That means a neo-Babylonian empire controlling the Persian Gulf and it may mean Israel/Palestine/Iraq nuked to oblivion. The latter isn't certain however as Israel does already possess nukes and perhaps (a big perhaps) Iraq and Israel would contain one another in a long-term standoff like the US and USSR did. Saddam has apparently made an amazing offer to Israel in order to assure Saddam's survival - to formally apologize to Israel, to permanently resettle the Palestinians in Iraq, and to assure Israel a large amount of oil. Pretty amazing. Much safer to prevent that scenario from occurring.