--- Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > >Why equate "war protester" with "pro-Saddam?!" - > >again, the vast majority of those I know who > "protest > >the war" do so _because they think an international > >coalition ought to be made_ to prosecute it (OK, > one that involves the UN), not b/c they think SH is > >anything other than a slime-ball. > > > Which was fine when a UN sanction was likely. But > now we face a > different reality. In this new reality, Saddam has > played the western > press, the anti-globalists and the retreating > Europeans with masterful > skill, and has probably defeated any chance of a UN > action to disarm him. > Now that the UN is not likely to get involved, but > the US, Britain and > Australia are, then "war protesters" are supporting > Saddam. > > Either we support his removal, or we support his > continuing reign - we > can't just say "Oh, if only there was another way"
Please see my 9K post sent tonight this thread; if the Admin *has* evidence clearly linking Saddam to 9/11, war would instantly be justified. Is interrogating the just-captured al-Qaida 'mastermind' likely to turn up such a link? Is waiting a week or 2 for him to crack such a sacrifice? In the meantime, what's so wrong with letting SH destroy some of his arsenal while the hammer of the US military hangs over his head? <grim> Will there be a need for US troops to be elsewhere in the very near future? I fervently hope not; I'm not 'up' on the North Korean issue - maybe Kim's only playing a daring and well-timed game of "chicken"** - but it seems to me that that ought to be considered. Debbi ** for non-Yangs, "chicken" is a stupid adolescent game in which two drivers race their cars directly at each other; he who swerves first (ie. "chickens out") is the loser __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
