04-23-2003, 07:24 PM
No war is about 'a single thing.' This one certainly was not. If you insist that you can only handle a single cause for an effect, that is your own limitation in thinking.
As I see it, the decisions on this war involved
Mid East stability as a whole
The relationship of Iraq to the Israeli-Palestinian problem
State Sponsored Terrorism
Proliferation of NBC weapons, thirty years of non proliferation efforts having been less than universally successful
UN inability or unwillingness to back up its sanctions
Emotional impact of 9-11.
Viiolations for 12 years of the 1991 cease fire agreements
--Others I may be blind to
Now, any single one of those alone would probably not be enough cause for war. The cumulative effect, and for that matter, the synergy, of the diverse elements made for a good case to use force to change the condition. Force being, in this case, war. In previous cases, limited bombings or strikes had been shown as inneffective measures, as had any number of non-force intensive approaches.
There are likelly other root causes, I just cannot concisely summarize them at present.
As I see it, the decisions on this war involved
Mid East stability as a whole
The relationship of Iraq to the Israeli-Palestinian problem
State Sponsored Terrorism
Proliferation of NBC weapons, thirty years of non proliferation efforts having been less than universally successful
UN inability or unwillingness to back up its sanctions
Emotional impact of 9-11.
Viiolations for 12 years of the 1991 cease fire agreements
--Others I may be blind to
Now, any single one of those alone would probably not be enough cause for war. The cumulative effect, and for that matter, the synergy, of the diverse elements made for a good case to use force to change the condition. Force being, in this case, war. In previous cases, limited bombings or strikes had been shown as inneffective measures, as had any number of non-force intensive approaches.
There are likelly other root causes, I just cannot concisely summarize them at present.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete