> 1) Koreans intercepting our planes in international waters, building nuclear > weapons, and threatening total war They are clammering for attention. They are starving as a nation. They can barely feed their own people. They spend 25 - 33 % of their GDP on military. No wonder they are starving.
> 2) Al Queda terrorists on the loose, organizing new attacks, and presenting > a real threat to Americans As the events of the past few days show, we are still hunting those guys down and bringing them in. > 3) No funding in the Federal budget for an actual war (this would fall under > the umbrella of discrectionary spending, which will result in tremendous > debt) Have you seen estimates of what the cost would be to clean up after a dirty bomb, a chemical weapons attack, and god forbid a nuculear attack? If Saddam gives any of his WMD's away to Al Qaeda the cost will be far greater than that of the coming war. > 4) Decreased chances of capturing the very arms we intend to stop as a > result of months and months of showing our hand There is much speculation that after Saddam is gone many of the scientists afraid to speak, that are forced to stay in their homes, will lead us to all of Saddams stashes of WMD. > 5) An almost universal lack of international support, which can have serious > consequences in terms of commerce, > The only countries opposing are those with deep vested financial reasons to keep Saddam around. For example, in order to settle some of the debt Iraq owes Russia for the purchase of weapons, they sell Russia oil at a discount, Russia turns around and sells that oil for a huge profit. Would you want that cash cow to go away? > And... Saddam has been contained successfully since the last Gulf War > primarily through international pressure. Despite all the bad things about > him, he hasn't invaded another country or killed a single American, AFAIK. > No, he is just building more weapons, rebuilding facilities that were destroyed by UNSCOM, give him another 10 years and we'll see if containment works, of course by then it will be too late. > It's like America is fixated on a burning barrel while the city burns. > > I would love to see the man go away, I am not certain I care where, but > there are other real issues affecting us that need to be addressed. Maybe with enough pressure from other Arab nations for Saddam to step down, he will, who knows. But do you think that Saddam would be doing anything if 200,000 US troops were waiting around him? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
