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To: Road Walker who wrote (13240)	5/13/2004 10:24:52 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 14610

<<Would anyone have attacked Iraq in response to 9/11?>> After Afghanistan I would have invaded Iraq. Forget the WMD's and all the other Free the Iraqi's BS. I would have invaded Iraq for the following reasons. 1) They had never lived up to the UN resolution. 2) They sit on a pile of oil and thats of global interest. 3) The strategic location (next to Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia) is just too good to ignore. We know that terrorists have come from all of those countries and Iraq places us perfectly in the center of hell. 4) Saddam was involved in terror. Even if it was only to the extent of funding Palestinians for suicide bombers it was too much to ignore. This is a guy that should have been kissing some serious @$$ but instead he was thumbing his nose at us and the globe. 5) Our invasion of Iraq has brought the terrorists to us in Iraq. Our soldiers are much better equipped to fight them than are people in buildings in NYC. 6) Part of me believes that by taking the battle to foreign shores we may have staved off more terrorism here - we'll never be able to prove that but thats my opinion. 7) Another benefit (IMO) is that I believe its been harder to plan terrorist events in the US because we are chasing them down in their territory. 8) I further believe that we need to expand this war into Syria and then try to negotiate with Iran and Saudi Arabia. If Bush has a deal with SA thats just plain wrong. Both Iran and SA should be put on notice that they're next if they don't do EXACTLY what's expected of a good global citizen. Iran has far less oil and they may have some nuclear capabilities (modest ones) so if push came to shove I'd be more likely to use tactical nukes against them than Iraq or SA. 9) I don't think its out of the question that at some point we do find some basic WMD's in Iraq. Certainly none that could threaten us but I think we could find some that could have threatened Israel. So yes - I can make a case for the invasion of Iraq. You may not like it and you may find me to be full of shat but its an honest answer to an honest question