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To: Joe NYC who wrote (163837)	3/11/2003 9:42:01 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574007

>Can you explain? Not just to me, but to the 100s of thousands, or millions who died because of Saddam. Why is it better to have a killer on the lose than other alternatives. Most of the people he's killed were in the context of war- Iran/Iraq, Kurdish uprising. Not that he wouldn't kill more if he had a chance. Millions more could die in a post-Saddam civil war that could really drag the Middle East further down. I'm not sure how far back you've read my posts, but I'd like to reiterate that I'm not opposed to this war on typical liberal principles. My opposition to the war is recent (in the last couple of weeks), and it's only due to sensing that the administration thinks that rebuilding Iraq will be a walk in the park and that the people of Iraq would more or less seamlessly form a functioning democracy themselves, if not for Saddam. I'm looking for a Marshall Plan here, and the administration is giving me Afghanistan. Unlike most I'm unhappy with statements such as "we'll stay as long as we have to and not a minute more." We're likely going to have to occupy Iraq for a decade or more, and if we're unprepared, it really could be worse than it is now. We have to basically tie the hands of the different ethnic groups in Iraq, as well as those of Turkey and Iran, and not allow them to fight each other, while we take care of the nation-building. If Colin Powell or Donald Rumsfeld were to come out today with a realistic rebuilding plan, I'd be in full support of the war again. -Z

To: Joe NYC who wrote (163837)	3/11/2003 12:39:16 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574007

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