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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: H-Man who wrote (25496)12/7/2003 11:09:29 AM
From: Rarebird  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 25898
 
<The simple FACT of the Matter....>

With 2003 now nearing its end, it is clear that the entire year has been one long rolling thunder of political distractions. Foremost amongst these was, of course, the build up to war, the actual attack on Iraq, and the ongoing US occupation of that conquered nation.

Right from the start - the war was UNNECESSARY.

Before the war, Saddam was boxed in completely. He was under constant UN inspections. He was dying economically under a UN sanctioned economic blockade. He was under sporadic US air attacks.

Since the war, ALL the "reasons" given for attacking Iraq have been exposed. NO "WMDs" have been found. The vast majority of the global community knows that the attack was a breach of international law.



To: H-Man who wrote (25496)12/8/2003 10:04:43 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25898
 
but since the justification was based on humanitarian reasons alone (US Interest was never demonstrated)

You forget that the fighting in Kosovo was threatening to spill over to Macedonia and Greece which would likely bring Turkey into the conflict. There was a compelling interest in preventing a civil war in NATO. That is why NATO joined the intervention even as the UN balked.