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To: Brumar89 who wrote (13079)	10/17/2004 10:17:23 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

I'd have to be persuaded that Saddam didn't represent a future threat to the region which we would have had to fight anyway. Since I replaced my roof shingles 5 years ago, I realize that at some point in the future they may again be worn and threaten to leak. That doesn't mean I should go out now and replace them. Who knows, maybe I'll sell the house in the next 20 years. Saddam was in a box, and could have stayed there until he was replaced or was actually becoming a threat instead of just a "might-be threat". TP

To: Brumar89 who wrote (13079)	10/17/2004 11:40:50 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 20773

Saddam was to last for max 2-3 years, that was why Bush was in such a serious hurry. However, no member of the know-nothing party should ever understand anything of that, dangerous stuff for the future of US. britannica.com Btw, has there been any US-poll on how much know-nothing it really demands?? I am sure you trust Bush and why he got into that hurry, yes?? Inspections, no spy-UNSCAM, but UNMOVIC, and it was a matter of weeks. Diddya hear about Milosevic?? vitaminic.nl busy-busy-busy-little-Bush...a question of weeks, except for the know-nothing party-members.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (13079)	10/17/2004 11:46:53 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Btw, what's your best guess on when US will have some credibility again?? Another 250 years?? 246 years if Kerry is elected?? (ouch, two-party systems, demanding those two funny parties to regularly switch places, hopefully with no major changes)

To: Brumar89 who wrote (13079)	10/18/2004 12:20:09 AM
From: tsigprofit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Brumar, I contend we would have been better off in the US to have used the 200 billion plus, and manpower, to expand alternative energy sources, even subsidize it. 200 billion and more to come - could have done quite a lot for us. Hybrid cards, faster work on hydrogen, fuel cells, solar, wind, clean coal, perhaps even remote nuclear farms hundreds of miles away from our cities, with superconducting lines to bring in the power. So much could have been done with the resources we are using up now in Iraq. In my opinion, this would have led to a much stronger, more independent, America. I think you share that goal with me, we just have different ways to get there. >> My opinion is we will still be there in some fashion or other in 2-3 years. Even if we aren't in Iraq proper, American troops are going to be somewhere close by in the Gulf region. The region is vital to the world economy and very vulnerable.