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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (174043)	4/9/2003 7:33:19 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Ten, re: It's hard for me to argue that the threat from Iraqi WMDs was great enough for such a price. There are the deaths and there is also post traumatic stress disorder, we can expect that to screw up the lives of 100's or 1000's of our soldiers and their families. re: But we do know what the price was for 9/11 itself, and I'd argue that the possibility of another 9/11 just decreased significantly. I would argue the opposite. Remember that the war you see on TV isn't the same war that folks in the Arab world see on TV. There is a whole generation of Arab kids that are learning to hate America for attacking and occupying Arab territory. Remember that the US troops stationed in Saudi Arabia in Gulf war 1 was the key motivator for Bin Laden, and Bin Laden was the cause of 9/11. re: I'm sure the millions of Iraqi citizens now free will mourn the thousands of their dead comrades, but will consider their new freedom well worth the price. Some will, some won't. Why haven't we done some military nation building in Cuba? Same type of repressive regime, a country that is actually known to sponsor terrorism (in the old days). And only 90 miles from Key West. Instead we go half way around the world for our nation building. Sugar & cigars are a lot easier to come by than oil. NATO has been weakened, the institution that provided stability for the last 60+ years. World opinion of the US may be at an all time low. We don't know what Bush has up his sleeve for his next great adventure. Last and least the financial cost of the war, and rebuilding Iraq will hobble the economy for many years to come. Winning the war is a great tonic; it makes everyone forget the huge *costs*, in all their different forms. Human, political and economic. John