--- David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I believe? That things are usually not all > black or > white.
You know, David, that line seems most often deployed as a way of suspending moral judgment. Some things _are_ black and white, and saying that they aren't is just an excuse for not doing something about them. >I believe that Hussein did have some > remnants of a weapons > program that was against the Geneva Convention. And > I believe that > he was not eager to open his country up to thorough > inspections. > On the other hand, there don't seem to be large > stockpiles > of WMDs, do there? I'm not sure that Hussein > believed that allowing > unfettered inspections WOULD save him. (I'm not > sure that I believe > it--for all I know the US would have seized on some > other pretext > to attack.) Even if this were true, would that have been such a bad thing? > We also know that his judgment is not > always sound, > and that his ego is large. Given all this, it's not > clear from his > actions that he did have actual WMDs. > > ---David Well, he _did_ have them in 1998, according to the inspectors. If it's not clear that he did have them, what happened to them in the interveing period? > > > > > Now that's pretty astonishing. > > (And please stop these little digs at the end. If > you'll > look back at my post, I managed to refrain. I even > called the > US President "Mr. Bush", which took great > forbearance.) If it takes you great forbearance to display that minimal amount of respect to the President in wartime, then I'm not the one who needs to get some perspective, David. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
