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Politics : Attack Iraq? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: H-Man who wrote (5183)	3/25/2003 8:10:08 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8683

I could spend a bunch of time and find some links, but truthfully I'm too tired to bother. It would take up too much of my time. I've seen many reports from inspectors that they felt the Iraqi's had cooperated. I'm also sure that the Iraqi's were still being coy and showing just as much as the felt they needed. That's human nature. They feel they are being treated unfairly so they try ot cheat. Duh! No matter what I could find, if I had the time you probably wouldn't believe it anyway so what's the point? Believe what you will about this. There are too many people with rigid minds on both sides of this story, pro and anti war. They seem willing to believe stuff that is so *ridiculous* that if they even thought about it for one minute in the light of history their little pet world would crack wide open. They seem totally unwilling to consider anything that might cause them to adjust their thinking. All their bickering does nothing it neither makes them wiser nor smarter nor does it benefit anyone else. The world is not black and white folks. The GiJoes out there are neither devils nor saints. Some are ignorant, some are savvy. Not all are there just to defend freedom, but many believe they are. Some are there because they needed education money, some are career military. People are people. Some of these soldiers are going to do stuff that in calmer moments they will regret for a long time. Some will come home better persons with minds that know better. Some are deluded and will stay that way. Same on both sides. Not all Iraqis are devils, some could care less they just want to feed their children. Some are fanatics who have been taken in due to the limited information they get in that part of the world or education they have. Some are insane. Saddam is insane: Megalomanic 1. A psychopathological condition in which delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence predominate. 2. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions. It seems to me there are more insane fanatics on their side for sure. We need to deal with them, but we also need to do it in a calm, mindful way because we are human too and we don't want to let ourselves become them. "We have met the enemy and they are us." anyone know the quotee? Not everyone in the Government is bad not even Bush. They have multiple motivations and emotional faults. Somehow though I think what they most lack is grounding in reality. Like Karl Hess said "Riding around in Limos makes it seem like everyone else is in slow motion". A couple of years of doing plumbing work and a stint in a dangerous neighborhood might ground them a bit. That kind of life should be required before we let people into college. Any body know who Karl Hess was?