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To: Alighieri who wrote (212443)	12/1/2004 10:30:05 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574199

Look. There was a plane fuselage in the middle of the desert where Ansar-al-Islam practiced hostage taking. Ansar-al-Islam is on our terrorist list and they operated out of Iraq with impunity. Zargaqi was known to have convalesced in Iraq. They have found WMD manuals in Fallujah. They have found evidence of dual use WMD labs that would have been reconstituted and used for WMD production the minute sanctions had ended and the spotlight was off Iraq. 10 years of sanctions to get Saddam to comply with U.N. disarmament resolution had failed and a huge U.N. oil for food scandal was uncovered, where Saddam was able to bilk $17.2B dollars for support of terrorists, including Palestinian terrorists, right under the noses of the IAEA and the U.N. Saddam's time ran out and we did what we had to do, while the U.N. and the rest of the world sat on their thumbs sniveling like confused children. This wasn't a swing in the dark. It was the conscious elimination of a state sponsor of terrorism. Iran is next. In your make believe world, the Muslims in the Middle East are peace-loving people who just want a chance to get along with everyone. In the real world, the Muslims play a double game of brinksmanship with the West, while covertly developing WMD so they can pass them on to terrorists and get back at the U.S., whom they all call the great Satan. In addition, they have shown zero willingness to allow Israel to exist in peace over the last 50 years. The U.S. is tired of playing the double game with Muslims, and we're playing it like we see it. Whenever a country comes clean and makes a good faith effort to join the international community, the U.S. responds swiftly with generosity. You have to look no further than Libya or Pakistan to see how we treat countries who are giving it an honest try to clean up their acts. Some Muslim countries are more stubborn, so the road will be harder for them. So be it.