War in Iraq

[Jack Evers]

Just kind of curious about the members that are hell bent on war with iraq. I'm a Viet Nam era vet and voted for Bush but would like a little background on the board members that are all anxious for war.

[UNGN]

We are already "involved in the middle east" The fact that 30% of the oil and 93% of terrorism in the US comes from the middle east means that we will be involved there for a while.

Saddam is not a nice guy. His friends will tell you that. In 1981 Israel destroyed a French Nuclear reactor near bagdad. We and the whole world condemned the action. Why would a guy sitting on the 15% of the world's known supply of oil need a Nuclear reactor? He could 100% power his and a few other countries with the natural gas burnoff from his oil wells.

Scientists who were in charge of the nuclear program said the only purpose of the reactor was to produce nuclear weapons.

That was 1981. In 1991 saddam invaded Kuwait and threatened Saudi Arabia. In Gulf war I, we destroyed most of his army and we had Iraq sign a cease fire agreement.

In the cease fire agreement, Saddam promised to destroy all of his weapons of mass destruction and destroy all missiles with a range over 93 miles OR THE CEASE FIRE WAS OFF AND WE WOULD START BOMBING AGAIN

In the last 12 years, Saddam has not destroyed his weapons of mass destruction as of a few weeks a go was still building missiles with a range of more than 93 miles and basically thumbing his nose a the cease fire agreement he signed.

We can do two things:

1. We can continue to let him do what he feels like.

or

2. We can take him out.

If we do #1, sooner or later he will have a nuclear bomb...then what? doing number #2 will become 20 times riskier, not only for the US military but for civillians, too.

If Saddam wasn't a murderous pathelogical liar billionaire, I'd be all for #1. Too bad he is.

[Two Lane]

Agree 231% with the preceding, point-by-point.
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In addition to ridding the world of Saddam, this action & its results will put a whole new positive dynamic at play in the Middle East...freedom from tyranny & repression is possible.

Let Iran & Korea reflect that either, or both, can be next.

Let China & Putin be sure that our country is strong & determined to eliminate threats to world stability from the duplicitous forces of evil intent...which also may include them.

Lots of countries are waking-up & smelling the coffee...the years of #42 & his ilk are over. The paradigms of appeasement are in the dustbin of history.

[Red Regal T]

May be samantics but, who's ANXIOUS for war? I'm anxious not to have any more 9/11s and since we can be hit here in our homeland, I don't want to sit and wait for that to happen. How foolish and stupid will we look to our "friends" in the world, were that to happen.........? (they'd have a good laugh)