Tony Blair is little more than Bush's bitch. Who acted on their own to join us without being bought off, bribed, or coerced?
If you don't care what Sudan or Syria thinks what difference does central Europe make? Seems to me that the powers to be are: USA UK France Germany Japan Russia China Maybe they matter. so lets look at them: USA - enough said UK - see bitch comment above France - Against the war Germany - against the war Japan - token support (doesn't want to lose USA military umbrella and have to pay for their own military) Russia - against the war China - against the War. So they way I count the votes, minus hanging chads is yes 3 no 4. Hey that's even a worse ratio than the election Bush lost in Florida. Yet he got his sway there too. So what is the purpose of the UN Security Council? What country provided anything more than token support? Poland - 800 troops? Italy - 700? Japan - non-combatants Australia - 2000? Spain - 700? Don't remember the actual numbers I'll look them up over the weekend. USA 160,000+ we've lost more soldiers than most countries have committed. To all those in the UK, sorry for offending but damn I wish Blair would stand up to Bush. Does Bush have pictures of Tony Blair with Boy George or something? Do you really think North Korea could wipe out South Korea in 24 hours. Have you been to the DMZ, I have. Do you know how many troops the USA has on the ground. Don't you think we would beef that up a little if we thought North Korea was a real threat. Not to mention the South Korean forces. So in order for North Korea to wipe out South Korea, they'd have to kick our ass too. I like the its doable argument. What country can't we take? Saudi's have little defense and lots of oil maybe we should consider them next. It would be in our best interest to have lots of cheap oil. Robert said: >>>The U.N. is not a global government. It has no authority over anything. It >>>owns no territory. It has no citizens. It possesses no resources other than >>>what it's members give it. At best it is a useful tool to help nations >>>dialogue with each other and solve problems. At worst it is a debating >>>society for tyrants and despots. Who cares what Syria thinks? Or Sudan? When you say, "The rest of the world", how are you calculating that, exactly? Apparently you believe Britain, Australia, Spain, and most of Central Europe (whose citizens well remember living under the thumb of brutal dictators) are not part of "the rest of the world"? Knocking out Saddam was doable and it was in the our best interest. Spreading freedom is always in our best interest. And before you start boo-hooing about why we haven't attacked Iran or North Korea, I will explain. I would hope that the answers are clear, but just in case, here you go: - North Korea could wipe out South Korea in 24 hours with just the conventional weaponry at their disposal. Nuclear weapons give them the ability to threaten Japan as well. The possible risks are far too high for us to use military force against them. - Iran has lots of weaponry at its disposal and we are already stretched thin in Iraq. But don't count them out of the mix for an ass-whupping later. (just thought I'd throw that in for style point. You can insert the "yee-haw!" sound here if you like). > But please tell me what are the myriad of reasons justifying our > invasion of Iraq? > > I can come up with three: > WMD > Terrorist ties > Evil Dictator > > None of those warrant invasion against the will of the UN and the rest > of the world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect Your PC from viruses, hackers, spam and more. Buy PC-cillin with Easy Installation & Support http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=61 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156683 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
