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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (53675)	4/11/2003 8:42:36 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

You, however, in a supreme expression of hypocrisy have stated that wars of liberation are still sufficient cause for military invasion "except" in cases you deem unnecessary of liberation, such as the case of Saudi Arabia (home of Al-Queda). Did I say that? That doesn't sound like me.

To: cheryl williamson who wrote (53675)	4/13/2003 4:24:24 AM
From: technologiste	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Portraying Iraq under Hussein as a "sovereign" nation is a ludicrous assertion on the face of it. I doubt that the former Iraq Minister of Information would have gone as far as to claim that Hussein was governing with the consent of those governed, which is what sovereignty really means. "Captive" or "held hostage" would be more apt term for Iraq under Hussein. But sovereign or not, Iraq is not the issue here. The war was never a war against Iraq. Nor was it a war to liberate the Iraqi people. It was a war against Saddam Hussein. By invading Kuwait (a sovereign nation, at least by your definition) and using weapons banned by international treaty to suppress an uprising, there seems ample cause to bring him to justice. Like the American Civil War, which was not a war to end slavery, this war will probably be remembered not for its for its justification, but for its consequence: liberating the Iraqi people and giving them a new chance to live in a nation that is truly sovereign.