Brutal dictators like Kim Jung Il or how many latin american dictators? How about the house of Saud, or the Uzbeki dictator
Note no invasions there. Also regarding Europe, that was an obvious gimmie - the US first declared war on Japan. Now correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Germany then declare war on the US and FDR responded. A totally different situation. As for disrupting terrorist activities, well they are far more active now than before the Iraq invasion. Moreover Al Queda had nothing to do with Iraq. Bin Laden even issued a fatwa calling for the overthrow of the Ba'athist government and Hussein. On 8/17/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I would add a few more items to the profit column, > > Like remove a Brutal Dictator, possibly starting to dismantle a major > cartel, disrupting terrorist activities, that were going on in certain parts > of the country. > > By your scale here, I guess you don't think the US did the right thing in > Europe in WWII > > When it becomes OK to fire missiles at the US military how quickly does it > become OK to do other things? Like blow up Naval ships, or maybe even attack > bases in various countries. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:39 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: It's Official! Iraq Strategy Failed > > > > > Nick wrote: > > > You break it, you bought it. > > > > > > > Let's look at the P&Ls of that logic for invasion: > > > > Profit > > ----------- > > No more occasional missiles when flying over Iraq. > > > > Loss > > ----------- > > Hundreds of billions in war costs, thousands of lives lost, hundreds > > of billions in reconstruction costs. > > > > During the audit, I guess I would ask if a few missiles here and there > > are worth thousands of American lives and a trillion dollars. I would > > vote not. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169933 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
