supporting terrorists because they own too much of our economy, so instead
we go after the neighbourhood bully. Kills at least two birds with one
stone. Shows how much military might we can flex when we are pissed and
vents the national rage and desire for revenge. If it's a mess we can be
accused of being ill-considered, but we can't be accused of dithering or
doing nothing....
-Patrick
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kris Baca
>
>I still have no idea why we invaded Iraq or why we had to do it then
>rather than waiting for the weapons inspectors to finish and at least
>humor our allies. One can make all sorts of retroactive arguments,
>but it sure seems cloudy to me.
>
>First it was the WMD, but subsequently released intelligence along
>with the above statements by administration officials show this wasn't
>it - or if it was it wasn't based on the intelligence but rather the
>CIA's dishonest word that it was a "slam dunk" case.
>
>Then it was that Iraq was "the central front on terror", but that's
>never been true based on 9/11 intelligence and the lack of anything
>tying anyone in Iraq to 9/11. During this period we also heard "fight
>them on the streets of Iraq or fight them on the streets of America".
>
>That is, of course, ridiculous as that would assume the terrorists had
>agreed to this pact. Further, if that were true, why have the Dept of
>Homeland Security or terrorism alerts? Since we're in Iraq fighting
>them there, and therefore not here, why do we need to worry about
>security "on the streets of America"? Isn't that why we're fighting
>them there?
>
>Then it was how horrible the Iraqi people had it, but that's nation
>building which Mr. Bush said he opposed during the election. If that
>were the reason it would mean he flip-flopped, and we all know he
>doesn't do that!
>
>Iraq was either a very misguided judgement call based on assumptions
>and conjecture rather than hard facts, or there's something we don't
>know. Everything I've seen seems to point to the former.
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