At 19:24 3-3-2003 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:

> But, if you really want a proposal for getting rid of him without
> bombing the country, sending in the SAS (or Green Berets, I think you
> have?) would be a good start, I'd have thought. Taking people out with
> minimum collateral damage is what they train for.

Ummm, how is this NOT war? I haven't seen any "anti-war" protesters urging such action. I agree that such action would minimize collateral damage. However, it would also cost a great deal of lives of our soldiers.

Actually, it wouldn't. When you send in a Special-Ops unit, you are only sending in a handful of people. Therefore, the potential loss of lives among troops is orders of magnitude smaller than when you launch a full-scale war, which requires many thousands of troops.



By the way, is it so hard to understand having multiple reasons to do something? Eliminating a tyrant AND enforcing UN resolutions AND making the world a safer place AND encouraging democracy?

Ah yes, enforcing UN resolutions. Another example of inconsistency in America's policies...



Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk


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