"Robert J. Chassell" wrote: > Part of my concernt has to do with how different people view reality. > > For example, in a recent essay, Thomas Friedman asked whether Iraq a > clear and present danger in itself to the United States? This is how > Friedman frames the question. > > But I don't think Bush frames it that way. I think Bush thinks of > this as part of a long and big `war on terrorism'.
There was an editorial in the NY Times (and also in the Austin American-Statesman, which is where I read it today) which argued that in the long term, the US is right in trying to oust Saddam Hussein right now. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/10/opinion/10BOBB.html I do not want the US to go to war, with or without UN approval. But arguments such as the one above (and the one made by Kathleen Parker, found at http://makeashorterlink.com/?U1E9228C3 ) don't give me much hope for an alternative. I've been wanting a reasonable, reality-based analysis that says we *don't* have to be doing this, and I haven't found one so far. If anyone could point me to one, I'd be most grateful. Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
