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To: SirRealist who wrote (90188)	4/5/2003 10:26:28 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 281500

A cynical post based on the underlying mental model "I hate Bush". Leaving Husein in power, which the peace protestors wanted so vehemently to do would have been the most inhumane thing to do. Saddam has killed millions already, he would have killed thousands or millions more if left in power. Promoted peace and justice in Iraq meant he first had to be removed from power. There is no panacea, and anyone who believes there is a society on earth managed perfectly is misguided in the extreme.

To: SirRealist who wrote (90188)	4/5/2003 10:34:05 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

I've been reading the pessimistic view here for months. 500 thousand dead civilian casualties, thousands upon thousands of American and British casualties, urban warfare at an unimaginable level, Turkey clashing with the Kurds, heat decapitating our troops, chemical and biological weapons unleashed against our troops and the Iraqi people, oil fires in the thousands, terrorism unleashed against American cities, dams destroyed flooding the river systems, starvation and the entire region spirralling out of control into chaos and warfare. None of these things have happened! So it's time to finally say once and for all. Pessimists have no special hold on reality or accurate predictions. They have been routinely wrong by a profound margin of error. However, like a dead clock they may be right twice a day sometime in the future. That's about the extent of their accuracy.