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To: TimF who wrote (166759)	4/5/2003 10:07:58 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583489

I think the author was saying that Bush went to war with Iraq to support his thesis on the axis of evil and to make his point; not for political reasons. I think he picked Iraq because they were defeatable and we did not have to worry about nukes. He makes good sense. I think its pretty much BS, except the part about the nukes. I think Iraq wasn't picked as such it was the problem. I think the excuse was that they were a problem but this war is pretty much showing how little of a problem they are. In any case, a lot of the world did not see Iraq as a major problem. And before you respond, it really doesn't matter what the truth is......the perception is such and therein lies the problem. Saddam is no better or worse than his axis of evil peers. I think Iran has more chance to change from within. Also the "axis of evil" was only three countries, none of which has agressivly initated a war by invading its neighbors since before I was born except Iraq. None of which has so flagrantly broken cease fire agreements and important UN resolutions in recent years except Iraq. Germany was very warlike for much of its first 130 years of existence; should we invade them now since they oppose us in this war? If history was the determiner of whether a country can be dangerous or not, we could justify invading a number of our allies. I don't think a leapord changes its spots but in the case of Saddam, I think his butt got kicked real hard twelve years ago and he wasn't about to be causing us any problems. So far, the war has pretty much confirmed that scenario for me. He is no worse nor better than the desposts who rule Iran, NKorea, Syria, Burma etc. Burma doesn't threaten US interests. Even Iran and Syria have not threatened them to the extent Iraq has. North Korea should also be dealt with but since it could kill millions of South Koreans or even Japanese there is no easy solution. In any case I fail to see how the fact that other countries are or could be a problem would mean that Iraq isn't or that invading Iraq was wrong or even that taking on Saddam was done only to make a point. Because a precedent has been set.........its natural to want to know what were the parameters for determining that precedent. There are a number of countries that are stronger. Burma, Pakistan and NK are just three that come to mind. All three have armies 500k or larger and all three are thought to have nukes or to be close to having them. I mentioned Pakistan and NK. I don't think Burma is as powerful or is closer then Iraq was to getting nukes. Burma has a lot of men under arms but doesn't have as much heavy equipment such as tanks and also its army has been busy fighting against other armed groups within the country. You're not up to date: burmafund.org Burma has been growing its army and is working diligently to get nukes. Pakistani nuc. scientists are feeding Burma scientists to make it happen. In the ME, Syria's military is considered to be far more dangerous than Iraq.....on par with Israel, and it supposedly has chemical weapons Syria hasn't threatend our interests or broken ceasefires with the US the way Iraq has. Considering all the damage that was done to Iraq' military even before the war Syria might have more military capability then pre war Iraq, but not on par with Israel. Also I did mention Syria already. Israel and Syria exchange missiles and/or gunfire over the Golan Hts on a regular basis. I thought we were closely allied with Israel. If we wanted to just grab oil, we could have grabbed Kuwait's during a long lunch break. This is the argument argued by children.......its pretty silly. The accusation that the US just does whatever it wants to grab oil is silly but once you take that accusation seriously then grabbing Kuwait's isn't so silly. What is the point of taking the accusation seriously? The people who do are looking for facile answers for their complaints. This war and the reason behind it are far more complicated. ted