Presidential Debate

[kandrathe]

So what is your point with all this? Because no chemical weopans have been stolen it is not so bad?? These are the same things Bush has been scaring the world about. And now it turns out that under US command al these materials have gone missinbh and then it is all of a sudden not so bad anymore? To me it is just another indication that Bush is not really interested in the safety of the western world, but in other things. I know we get into a your opinion against my opinion debate here again. I just don't see what Bush has been really doing to protect the US citizens.
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Well, a few things strike me.

First, sure, we went there and caused havoc and kicked old Saddam out. But, then is every evil that evil men do the US responsibility? In aggregate can we weigh the evil that is occurring against the evil that would have been occurring without the regime change?

Then, it is popular to square off right now against Bush or Blair, but it takes more than that to move troops. The US congress authorized the regime change in Iraq, and now they are ducking for political cover. This Iraq war may or may not have been the right thing to do, and we can disagree about that, but I think sometimes when you are doing the right thing it may not be the popular or easy thing to do. The outcome is uncertain, but if the Iraqi's can pull it together and form a more stable peaceful nation, then it might have been worth it.

Now my point about radiological materials is that in a way they are safer than many other things that Iraq had stockpiled in their warehouses. A savvy terrorist chemist could concoct much nastier things, that are less detectable, with far more devastating results. That's all.

I'm getting a little tired of the blame for everything bad that happens in Iraq being set on the US shoulders. Shouldn't the Iraqi's be responsible for their people and their own evil actions? How many people does the Netherlands have there anyway? Easy enough to criticize what the US is doing while kicking back and enjoying the PINT Bokbierfestival.

I suspect you wouldn't be an advocate for the US to pack up and leave, so if not, then you could suck it up a little and tolerate a little human error once in a while or maybe just get up and talk Europe into getting involved a little more. I'm sure our boys could use the help.