Whether you're for or against the upcoming war, I think most reasoned people with a shred of honesty in them believe its going to happen, and we'll hardly lose (even if, as is likely, its a far more serious contest then the WH is admitting) My question is, what then? So we depose Saddam.. then what? What do we _do_ with him?
kill him -- I'm sure W hopes this'll happen in combat, because it would save a ton of headaches, but what if he manages to survive? Do we line him up against a wall someplace? ..and on what grounds? international court -- on what charges? "gassing his own people"? There's enough clouds around this charge to make it difficult to stick, and it would highlight US involvement in both this and Kuwait (our military assistence to Iraq and greenlighting the Kuwait invasion.) Is that something we really want to remind the region of? exile -- who'd take him? ..and is he truly going to be out of power if his backside is parked on a rock in the middle of the Indian Ocean? Camp X-Ray/undisclosed location -- what the hell, why not? If its good enough for US citizens, its certainly good enough for him! As a further question, why can't we just provide a list of exactly what the Iraqi government needs to do in order to avert a war? Why, after Blix releases a somewhat positive report, are we suddenly insisting on "regime change" as a requirement to prevent invasion? -j- _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
