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To: SilentZ who wrote (163448)	3/8/2003 2:17:15 PM
From: jjayxxxx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575191

Not sure if folks have thought of things from this angle. GWB is personally risking a lot with this move against Iraq. IOW, his political longevity would likely give him motivation NOT to go to war with Iraq. IMO that means he thinks the risks for NOT moving against Iraq are real (i.e. 'clear and present dangers'). History shows that going to war wasn't good for his father's reelection hopes. Yet he is still apparently going to do it. The world climate shows that it would be much simpler to say "okay, the rest of the world knows what's best for the U.S., so let's just let things stand as-is" and yet he is still apparently going to do it. There is obviously some unknown amount of short-term homeland (and elsewhere) security risk associated with going to war with Iraq. And yet he is still apparently going to do it. It seems that he feels the future risk of Saddam in power is worse than all the short-term negatives (which are not insignificant). He likely has more information about all the issues involved (Iraq, terrorists, etc.) than anyone in the world... I, for one, trust (so far) that he knows what he is doing. A lack of ulterior motives (and quite the opposite) lends credence to his position. Talk of oil and his cronies making money off of it is silly. (i.e. if that were true his dad would still have a U.S. general controlling Kuwaiti oil.) He doesn't have any ulterior motives like Clinton may have had (i.e. divert attention from Lewinski scandal). In fact, he has quite the opposite -- war might be BAD for his personal political aspirations. I suggest those folks that think he is somehow doing this for personal benefit rethink it a bit and reconsider the possibility that he is doing it for the good of the country. JMHO, JJ