ssssshhh. of course the emperor has clothes. On 11/17/07, Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Statements like this fascinate me: > > "Now of course we all know he could have avoided this if he simply let the > inspectors run around his country looking at whatever they wanted with no > resistance." > > I often wonder how people saying such things would feel if they were in his > position. I highly, highly doubt the US would be at all agreeable to > letting inspectors in to take a look at whatever weapons programs we have > going on. I like how the US expects everyone else to do our bidding and > bend to our will. I bet if we tried that "inspectors" thing with some > european country, they would tell us to shut the hell up and go away. But, > see, we can push some of those middle eastern countries around, so it's all > good. The hypocrasy is interesting, to say the least. Unfortunately, it is > just the way things work. The people on top have their way with the people > on the bottom. *shrug* > > I do agree with your assessment of Gulf War I. We should have taken care of > business when we were commited the first time. Father and son. Tag-team > screw-ups ;) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Sorge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 1:17 PM > Subject: RE: new book confirms Saddam wanted a nuke > > > > There was no proof of WMD AFTER the fact. Before we went in he puffed out > > his chest and made it appear that he had them, and then when the pressure > > was put on him, he started saying he had no WMD's. So what were we > > supposed > > to do/believe? It is these types of scenarios where I cannot understand > > the > > liberal approach of wait and see. There are too many things at stake to > > just > > wait and see. Situations like this require action be taken. > > Now of course we all know he could have avoided this if he simply let the > > inspectors run around his country looking at whatever they wanted with no > > resistance. He chose not to and now this. I honestly wish he had > > cooperated > > 100% so this whole thing could have been avoided (maybe). But that is the > > problem with men in the Middle East, especially men like Saddam. They have > > too much pride and they don't like anyone stepping on that pride. Pride > > and > > honor are two things over there that are respected more than anything. > > That's why in some of these countries, if a daughter has premarital sex, > > she > > is put to death. She dishonored that family and wounded the father's > > pride. > > Likewise for adultery. Death is the status quo for the woman. And the > > reason > > I know this is because I interacted with many Iraqi men and women, and > > they > > all told me the same thing. > > And let's not forget how many times he shot at our jets that were > > patrolling > > the no-fly zones. Technically, that is an act of war. Why that pretext for > > war was never taken I don't know. I guess selling the world on WMD's > > sounded > > better. Who knows? Only GW knows for sure. > > All I know is this. I keep saying that we should have done this 17 years > > ago. We had more boots on the ground, and more cooperative world support. > > Ask a lot of soldiers who were in the first gulf war and they will tell > > you > > the same thing. I honestly believe that it would have been very different > > back then. > > >
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