On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 04:42:12 -0400, L.D. Best wrote: > P.S. Since when are politicians considered reliable sources of anything > other than 'spin' ?? <VBG>
Well, I bet some of them are telling the truth. But which ones? I don't know. Whom can we trust? What sources would you deem reliable? Washington Post? New York Times? Christian Science Monitor? The Manchester Guardian? Very hard to judge. The more you look at things the more confusing it gets. Still, almost all sources agree that Saddam Hussien is a brutal despot who has maintained himself in power by viscious repression and an extensive network of informers and informers on the informers. Anyone who poses a challenge is swiftly eliminated. Does anyone doubt that? But without an overt act of current agression on Iraq's part I don't think an American invasion of Iraq would be justified. I do think Iraq is a potential danger to the rest of the world and should be monitored closely by the UN inspectors who should be strengthened and re-inforced. I also think a policy of containment is certainly justified and that only the threat of American invasion has led to whatever co-operation Iraq is now making with the UN resolutions. -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
