Re: UK dossier on Iraq

[Jon Gabriel]

From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 18:26:19 +0100

At 08:43 7-2-2003 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:

But no one denies that the Hussein government employs a level of
brutality and terror like only a few regimes in history

Undoubtedly true. However, brutality is not the reason why the US wants to invade Iraq. The reason given for the war is "Iraq has weapons of mass destruction" -- even though the Bush regime has so far failed to produce much (if any) credible evidence for it.

In particular, I wonder how this will influence our view of Germany.  If
there is any country that should be most enthusiastic for freeing people
from a genocidal dictator, it is Germany.

Saw a speech by, IIRC, Schroeder recently. He mentioned (paraphrasing) that Germany is opposed against war against Iraq, because the German people, having been in the center of two world wars, realise that going to war is never the solution to a problem.

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With that attitude, someone *should* invade them as soon as possible. After all, no offense or danger will be too great to make them go to war! Germany should disband their armies, sell their weaponry and leave their front doors unlocked. Oh, and they might consider bending over as much as possible.
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Ridiculous. This is precisely the type of quote that sounds just great as a sound-bite and reflects nothing about the real world. War is sometimes necessary. At the risk of repeating myself, one can argue logically and convincingly that the most important job a country has is maintaining and defending its borders and citizens. Schroeder sounds like he's forgotten (or is afraid to acknowledge) this basic truth.

Jon


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