--- Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If there's nothing wrong with opposing the > unjustifiable attack on > Iraq, why are you so committed to twisting the tits > of everyone who > does oppose it?
Because so many of them say things like calling it "unjustifiable", when, of course, it's extremely justifiable. It might or might not have been the right decision, but there were very good reasons for making it. It always amazes me that people who make fun of the President for being unintelligent are apparently unable to see why someone might disagree with them on this issue. > > As for my original reasons for opposing the war -- > two years ago I was > thinking more in terms of how we'd look to the rest > of the world, > particularly since, in my view, Afghanistan still > needed a lot of > attention, and OBL was at large and *not* in Iraq. I > hadn't thought, > then, of the morass that it's become, and the > expense of it went way > beyond anything I would have guessed. Had I known > then what I know now, > I would have opposed the attack more strenuously > than I did. Wow, Warren, your ability to ignore everything that's happening in Iraq right now is pretty impressive. It appears to be, you know, working. It might not, of course - I'd say it's something like 60/40 right now that it will, which are _far_ better odds than I gave it before the war, much less a few months ago. I asked you this before and you didn't have any sort of answer. What will you do if this works? It appears to be working. The odds for a democratic government in Iraq are better than they have ever been. 10 years from now, if Iraq is a stable democracy that looks sort of like Turkey - if it is the least-badly governed state in the Middle East- will it still be an "unjustifiable" war? People do things for many reasons, and WMD were only one of the many reasons we invaded Iraq. What will you do if this works? Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
