02-20-2003, 10:02 PM
Hi,
I am sure the the Iraqi's love their children very much, but what I am uncertain about is whether or not Saddam cares.
He doesn't seem to have up until now. He could long ago have ended many of the hardships of his people had he abided by the treaty *he* accepted to end the '91 war.
It is Saddam's indifference to the suffering of even "his" people combined with the growing proof of WMD research, development, and manufacture that puts me reluctantly in favor of going to war. While I feel pity for the Iraqis, if I felt that the problem would be confined to Iraq I would say we had no business going in and saving them from themselves. But when I look at a map of the world, draw a 3000 mile circle centered on Baghdad, and contemplate the damage a few tons of chemicals or a few grams of biologicals could do, then I see a need for action.
--Pete
I am sure the the Iraqi's love their children very much, but what I am uncertain about is whether or not Saddam cares.
He doesn't seem to have up until now. He could long ago have ended many of the hardships of his people had he abided by the treaty *he* accepted to end the '91 war.
It is Saddam's indifference to the suffering of even "his" people combined with the growing proof of WMD research, development, and manufacture that puts me reluctantly in favor of going to war. While I feel pity for the Iraqis, if I felt that the problem would be confined to Iraq I would say we had no business going in and saving them from themselves. But when I look at a map of the world, draw a 3000 mile circle centered on Baghdad, and contemplate the damage a few tons of chemicals or a few grams of biologicals could do, then I see a need for action.
--Pete
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