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To: TimF who wrote (4249)	12/3/2004 12:19:06 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

And finally there was the simple fact that Saddam held over 20 million Iraqis in a state of oppression. That last fact doesn't provide much of a practical reason for war but it does provide a lot of moral justification. This is such a sad argument for us to be having in the comforts of wherever we are. I can't tell if the Iraqis were in worse conditions under the stupidly brutal Saaddam Hussein or now where large parts of their population do not have access to clean water or sanitary conditions. Where cities are being destroyed and bombs are going off and killing relatively large numbers of people. I am not even trying to make any judgements as to whose fault it is. I am only trying to understand the circumstances. Even on a pragmatic level, morals aside, what is the cost versus benefit of our actions? I am at a complete loss. I don't think anyone has any ideas as to what is going on? What is the cost? What are the benefits? Who is in charge? Whose vision are we trying to impose? What is that vision? What is the road map? How much will it cost? How long will it take? When you ask those questions, you get stuff about taking as long as needed. Costing as much as it will cost. I will only say, I don't get it.