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To: AmericanVoter who wrote (85921)	12/18/1998 2:20:00 AM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Amein, you asked Chuzzlewit, why is using military might more acceptable than funneling money to opposition groups to take care of their problems...? First, I didn't mean to say it was preferable. I think that military action should be the very last option considered in any conflict (except self defense when attacked), and only then after we are sure that all other avenues have been tried and exhausted. It is my understanding that the US has worked with Iraqi opposition groups, but either Saddam has too formidable a presence, or opposition is too fragmented. From what I can gather, targets seem to be exclusively CBW depots. Baghdad is claiming very light casualties. So it seems clear that the goal of this exercise is not to remove Saddam from power, but to paralyze his ability to launch CBWs at his neighbors. So the issue of opposition groups is moot. I agree with your pragmatic realpolitic assessment of area. There is no doubt that the Bush Administration was afraid of excessively weakening the Iraqi military for fear of Iran extending its influence over the Gulf. But I frankly care less about the sensibilities of those artificial regimes in the area, like Saudi Arabia, then I do about the Kurds and Iranians, each of which have suffered tremendously at the hands of Saddam. Remember around 1981 or so Israel attacked and destroyed an Iraqi atomic bomb factory? What might have happened to Iran or Israel if Iraq had the bomb? So let me turn the question back to you. Assuming that internal dissenting forces were impotent, what would you do? TTFN, CTC