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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (188152)	6/2/2006 7:47:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"I don't recall you being against Iraq war." Which Iraq war? I protested desert storm. That resulted in a decade of sanctions. I protested the sanctions for the following reasons: 1) Those targeted to suffer from the sanctions were innocent. 2) Some of the thinking behind the sanctions were to cause enough suffering among the enemies of Saddam that these people would rise up and over throw him. I find that strategy to be as sinful as terrorism. 3) Albright came right out and stated that it would be 'worth it' for a half million innocent children under 5 to die of issues caused by the sanctions, if it would forward the interests of the USA. It happened, was it 'worth it'? 4) I protested because the military target was Saddam's Regime not the innocents who were, in fact, people Saddam would have targeted him self. I thought the whole affair corrupt. 5) The failure and corruption of the sanctions became too apparent to ignore. 6) Saddam was brutally oppressing the masses of innocent people in Iraq and was boldly declaring his right to do so. 7) Saddam had declared the USA to be a target when and if he could muster the resources... which was a matter of time. 8) I did not see Saddam as an immediate threat but was glad to see him and his regime taken out before they became one. 9) That war is over. So define your war? Then we will discuss it rationally ... Well I will anyway. You operate on so many false assumptions, the most difficult thing about discussions with you is the need to continually wade through them.