Posted by DSCH on December 15, 2003, at 22:54:18
In reply to Re: Atleast we have some good news.. Saddam captu, posted by deirdrehbrt on December 15, 2003, at 21:26:17
> I mostly agree with you. I think that this hunt for a deck of cards is completely creepy. I think that turning the apprehention of criminals into a game is terrible, and I think that we could have solved our problems without spending billions upon billions of dollars on an entire military escapade.
And your idea for solving this is...?
>I think that too much was fabricated in an attempt to justify it.
> On the other hand, our citizens deserve safety. but there is a problem with that now. We have barged into another country, more than one for that matter, to impose our laws upon another nation.*Our* laws? No. To attempt to impose UN resolutions that the UN itself was showing no desire to effectively enforce themselves (a result of greed on the part of those who found Saddam's rule helped their balance of trade)!
If no WMD are found, then it will underscore the utter folly of Saddam's refusal to stop playing shell games with the inspections regime. In my thinking he may have tried to play an elaborate double-bluff game in hampering inspections while stopping work and dismantling WMDs, trusting that the world would be deterred by the thought that he still would have some ready at hand. If this is what happened, it definately backfired on him!
There is an awful lot of desert out there though. And they have shown a propensity for burying equipment out there (entire aircraft for example).
>I have a hard time believing that these actions will bring an end to terrorism. I doubt that those who have the will to exercise terrorism on the US will be hindered by what we've done.
IMO they have shifted focus from killing Americans at home to disrupting the occupation and reconstruction efforts in Iraq. I think this is an improvement. Engage them on their home turf.
No one action will stop terrorism. This does not mean we should take a wholly passive and defensive outlook.
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