Russell Chapman wrote: > > >>Frankly, I can�t see any reason why the other western >>nations can�t support this Crusade against Saddam >>Hussein except cowardice. There is no moral reason >>to support Saddam or his regime. >> >There is still the issue of the other Arab states - no matter whether >they like Saddam or not, they like Western countries waging war on Arabs >less. To be part of that is to antagonise the other Arab nations. >As an example, Australia is already in a difficult situation with our >vocal support of the war against terror vs our continuing strong >relations with Iran now that GWB has announced his Axis of Evil. >Someone recently posted an article which talked about the US >antagonising billions to support a few million Israelis - maybe Europe >feels the same way about Iraq? > There's no doubt that Saddam Hussein is evil, and there's no doubt that, unless toppled, Saddam will cause more mischief to the World.
The issue is: will the Western Nations allow the USA to play again the sole part of the World's policeman, or are we going to take an active part in toppling him? Because this time the USA is going to use force in a way that everybody agrees that is _good_, but the next time they may try to topple a leftist democratically elected g*vernment - and the Western Nations are giving them the sole power to decide who is good and who is evil. Alberto Monteiro
