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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: A. Geiche who wrote (373069)	3/18/2003 1:32:49 AM
From: A. Geiche	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Albright: Bush Should Hold Off on Iraq Middle East - AP Mon Mar 3, 4:18 PM ET WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (news - web sites) urged President Bush (news - web sites) on Monday to wait longer before attacking Iraq (news - web sites), saying current pressure was forcing Baghdad to disarm. Albright, who addressed a conference on increasing the number of women in politics, said the buildup of military force in the Middle East has led to new inspections and Iraq's decision to dismantle its outlawed Al Samoud 2 missiles. "We are actually accomplishing something," said Albright, secretary of state under President Clinton (news - web sites). "The president should take credit for the fact they are disarming." As an alternative to war, she suggested more intrusive inspections and even the threat to destroy suspected weapons facilities that the government refuses to open to U.N. personnel, the way U.S. and British pilots attack missile sites in the Iraqi no-fly zones. "The momentum seems to be moving in the direction of war," Albright said. "We might get the war over, but we night not get the postwar over." She said there has been increased anti-American feelings overseas in response to Bush's Iraq policy. "There must be some way to do what we wanted without alienating everybody," she said. Albright said her concern about going to war does not mean any support for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). "I think Saddam Hussein is a terrible dictator," she said. "There's nothing to defend about him. I pity the Iraqi people." >>>>

To: A. Geiche who wrote (373069)	3/18/2003 5:50:16 AM
From: JDN	Respond to of 769670

I say this for the benefit of others, not you as you are NOT an American Taxpayer so it is of no concern to you. One must weigh the potential cost of doing NOTHING against the great cost of doing SOMETHING. IF Saddam were to train and equip a terrorist squad (he has trained many) to blow up ONE AMERICAN CITY even of MODEST proportions the costs could easily go into the TRILLIONS as we would BE FORCED to increase our NATIONAL SECURITY even much more then now. Many Civil Rights would HAVE to be surrendered in the process. Benjamin Franklin said it all many years ago, "An OUNCE of PREVENTION is worth a POUND of CURE. We absolutely MUST go after these people AT THE SOURCE if we wish to continue any semblance of the freedoms we Americans are accustomed too. jdn