2. Is it not also true that we are willing to bomb Iraq now because we know it cannot retaliate- which just confirms that there is no real threat?
It confirms nothing of the kind. Does the writer think the world was a better place because we could not attack the Soviet Union?
A more appropriate analogy would be:
1. Isn't it tru after World War I, Germany was prohibited from re-militarizing itself? (like Iraq)
2. Isn't it true that in the 1930's Germany began to aquire military weaponry which violated its traety commitments? (like Iraq)
3. Isn't it true that in 1936 Germany was still comparatively weak as opposed to France and Britain? (like Iraq is to the U.S.)
4. Isn't it true that most of the european leaders knew that Germany was becoming a threat in 1936? (like Iraq)
5. Isn't it true that France and Britain did nothing while Germany continued to expand its military capabilities?
6. Isn't it true that millions of lives coud have been saved if France and Britain had forced a regime change in Germany in 1936, while Germany was much less of a threat. I wonder when some people will get the picture? 3,000 lives were not enough to open these eyes? What will it take, 30,000, 300,000, 3 millon?
1. Isn't it tru after World War I, Germany was prohibited from re-militarizing itself? (like Iraq)
2. Isn't it true that in the 1930's Germany began to aquire military weaponry which violated its traety commitments? (like Iraq)
3. Isn't it true that in 1936 Germany was still comparatively weak as opposed to France and Britain? (like Iraq is to the U.S.)
4. Isn't it true that most of the european leaders knew that Germany was becoming a threat in 1936? (like Iraq)
5. Isn't it true that France and Britain did nothing while Germany continued to expand its military capabilities?
6. Isn't it true that millions of lives coud have been saved if France and Britain had forced a regime change in Germany in 1936, while Germany was much less of a threat. I wonder when some people will get the picture? 3,000 lives were not enough to open these eyes? What will it take, 30,000, 300,000, 3 millon?
7. Isn't it true that Saddam's personal actions -- his brutal suppression of all opposition, his summary execution of those who displease him (sometimes by his own hand), his use of his Republican Guard (compare to Hitler's SS), his willingness to "annex" his neighbors (as demonstrated by his military annexation of Kuwait), his "vision" of expansion, and his dreams of personal grandeur (he is to be the new Saladin, as Hitler was to have his Third Reich) -- isn't it true that all of these are entirely Hitleresque?