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Only for about 10,000, the rest should, in a shorter amount of time than if Iraq hadn't been invaded, begin seeing an improvement....
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Cold as it sounds, if it's a choice between our killing ten thousand and letting Sadaam kill far more while he enslaves the rest, I choose the former. I don't see how anyone could not. Of course, you could argue that there were other possible courses, but I don't know what they'd be off hand.
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Most of us would probably agree with that sentiment, Omega. What I (and several others) don't agree on is the means and motive used to achieve that end.
The fact that Americans now control Iraqi oil makes justification somewhat muddier.
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I agree! We should dump Iraq on Kofi's shoulders and watch the fun really begin! Yes, that was sarcasm.
We really need to set a date that we'll leave Iraq on. (under two years for sure) Then do everything we can to make the country a self-sufficent democracy with U.N. supervision and logistical assistance.
And mabye leave behind a small plaque stating: "Remember, we can be back within one month, so watch it, pal."
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XXXX Days since the last slaughter of our own civilians!!!
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There needs to be a twelve-step program for dictators.
"Look! I went all week without publicly disemboweling a regime critic! Yay me! I deserve a twinkie! Now if only I could stretch it out to a month I'd get one of those little gold stars in my notebook..."
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I don't know if anyone else remembers this, but I'm sure Bush said it, and I'll find the article if I can...
Before the war, Bush said that if Saddam cooperated and revealed and destroyed his WMD, then his regime could stay.
Huh? I thought this was about liberating Iraq from an evil dictator. Apparently, if Saddam had WMD and he cooperated, then he could stay in Iraq and continue to brutalize his people. Now, for an administration that claims to be all for the people of Iraq, it doesn't seem like a logical thing to say.
This statement also seems to imply that, contrary to what people are saying now, the WMD threat was the main, number 1, NUMERO UNO reason for going into Iraq. Not removing a brutal dictator. Of course, if it had been about dictators, we would've blown away Mugabe or Kim Jong Ill by now.
quote:"All we‘re interested in is getting rid of those weapons of mass destruction. We think the Iraqi people would be a lot better off with a different leader, a different regime. But the principal offense here are weapons of mass destruction," Mr. Powell said.
So, what he's saying is: "Yeah, we'd like to help Iraq, but if he gave up his weapons, then, sure, he could stay."
And, for all those who say "It wasn't likely Saddam would cooperate," then disprove me by telling me where his vast WMD stocks were.
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Those statements were so much lip service ...even back then none of us at Flare really bought that crap. Remember?
'Cept Woozle of course, but he's been a bit soft in the head since the wheat thresher incident.
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and the thresher hasn't been quite right either....
They needed a starting point for their goal of removing Saddam, they just picked the wrong one.
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I'm just trying to market Self-Threshing-Wheat-Bolts.
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