very good questions...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 12:38 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Is refusal to go to war about Saddam or the US? > > > Blair's spokesman said: > > "There are simply too many unanswered questions. Too much evidence of > deliberate deception," the spokesman said. > > He said the evidence of Iraqi non-cooperation presented by > Secretary of > State Colin Powell to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday > and earlier evidence from Blix was compelling, and anyone who believed > otherwise showed "a degree of unwillingness to face up to reality." > > ---------- > In light of this a friend of mine (same woman who's views I posted the > last time hee hee) had this to say: > > "That last bit.. is exactly what I've been trying to say this isn't > really about saddam, saddam is indeed an unstable world leader and is > indeed refusing and has been for twelve years to live up to > his own part > of a bargain there is NO question of that , we wouldn't be having this > situaiton at all if he had just done what he agreed to do to begin > with.. > > the rest is just really about no one wanting to face the reality that > th4ere is a dangerous situation here.. .no one wants to really believe > that, its to dangerou, it makes people nervous, they start getting > anxious about what if he has something that will readch here > and we piss > him off somehow..or they have an issue with the US and this is a good > way to get back at them, even though they don't relize thats > what their > reacting to.. > > you see what I mean.. trying to see things thru rose colored > glasses its > a lot easier to feel safe in this world of chemcial and nuclear warfar > to just believe the US wants Iraq, period... its no threat to anyone > else, and they can feel superior for not " > > -------- > > Now I agree with Blair's spokesman. That given the evidence > Iraq has not > complied and is not complying. > I still do not know if the Resolution gave War as a penalty for non > compliance or whether the security council was then supposed to decide > what to do about the situation. If the SC was supposed to > decide what to > do about the situation then it has to be put to vote. > > But on the other hand...if Iraq *IS* attacked...can we stand the > terrorist backlash in countries throughout the world? Are > these countrys > that want to vote against war simply covering their asses? > And want the > US to go it alone so that in the end they can say..well look. See? The > US attacked by themselves..we didn't do anything.... > > And is America ready for the terror backlash that will be born out of > attacking Iraq? Is it ready to fend off another 9/11 launched perhaps > from entities that have only very vague ties to Iraq? Is the World > ready? > Because these attacks could be launched anywhere. > Britain..France..Africa..the Caribbean..anywhere there are American or > British citizens. > > Would it not be better to have world solidarity or at least a larger > percentage of countries openly backing attacking Iraq?If all that is > needed is for the weapons inspectors to DEFINITIVELY SAY that YES! We > have inspected...we have analysed the results..and Iraq IS in Material > Breach! If that's all that we need to remove all the excuses > and all the > naysaying from the rest of the world....then why not wait for it? > > Is Saddam going to build a nuclear bomb in two months? Is he going to > have chemical weapons in two months and launch an attack whilst trying > to shift things around to aovid detection by spy satellites AND the > weapons inspectors? > > -Gel > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
