Thanks Azeem, I did my own search today and read about the same types of hardened warheads used in the Gulf War. I never heard about such types of weapons until Bosnia.
> First question: are you suggesting that waging war on Iraq now will achieve > this aim? I simply don't believe it. No. I'm just saying that the concern for loss of innocent life does not pertain to just one side. I'm also not convinced that warfare these days is about indiscriminately and randomly bombing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Thta sounds more like a movie script than reality to me. > although who's to say Bush wouldn't have done the same. You have to admit Bush does not go off randomly bombing people without a whole lot of discussion and many months, now years, of attempted negotiations to avoid all out war. > If you support war on Iraq, I believe that it is incumbent on you to consider > these issues. I don't support it in the sense that I have always thought "let's go bomb them." I have been searching for answers all along. I am of two minds. One is that we go ahead with a coalition of countries in agreement to stop him. The other option is my wish that the US pull out of all foreign involvements completely tomorrow. That would satisfy at least some of the terrorist demands, although Bin Laden's demand that we also all convert to Islam is probably not going to happen. If we pull out, people will suffer, but at some point we should look after the security of our own country and allow others to look after the security of their own. Not saying my country right or wrong, but historically, the US was pulled into these conflicts which they did not initiate to begin with. Now they are trapped by history and the foreign policy decisions made years ago. People around the world resent us. What can we do in real action to change our ways so that those people are relatively happy with us? All I can see is to begin pulling out, sending aid as needed for the transition and spend our resources taking care of our own problems and issues at home. What are your ideas? Kakki
