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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (14821)	3/17/2003 8:01:54 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

<<...War will inflict terrifying casualties on the Iraqi military. There will be collateral damage to civilians, even with attempts to attenuate that damage, and in case we fail to remember, soldiers are like everyone else. They have families and loved ones. What is uncertain is the aftermath. This is the variable that is never factored into the thinking of our native political lumpen-bourgeoisie; their deeds plant the seeds of future and furious resistance. If half million Iraqi soldiers die, and 100,000 civilians are killed in collateral damage, we have to remember that there are at least (for the sake of argument) five people who intensely love each of the dead. And if we think of the grief of millions after this slaughter, and of the conversion of that grief into rage, and combine that with the organization of the internecine struggles based on historical ethnic fault lines (that the Ba'ath Party has repressed), we begin to appreciate the explosive complexity of post-invasion Iraq. This invasion will also ignite the fires of Arab and Muslim humiliation and anger throughout the region...>> George: I wonder IF the NeoCON warHawks ever seriously examined the risks of this operation? Folks like Cheney and Perle don't regularly acknowledge them...Bush has NOT gone before Congress or The American people and IN GREAT DETAIL acknowledged why pre-emptive war with Iraq must happen right now and what are the projected costs and risks? Most experts claim they are very high -- why are we gambling with an adventure that will cost well over $100 Billion AND possibly may end up making us less secure at the end of the day? -s2