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I posted this prior to the War.

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I am aware of the news today about the French and Germans continuing to test the limits of American resolve where Iraqi disarmament is concerned. When we as Americans see our one time allies making an obvious, desperate almost vicious stand against what to us is a principled purpose, it can be uncomfortable and a motivation to examine ourselves. It can be difficult for us to accept the notion that our European neighbors [and in many respects, lineage] could possibly be so completely incorrect. I mean they are Europeans, right? They have been around quite a few centuries more than we have and are therefore much wiser, correct? They must know something we don’t know. They must see something we don’t see.

Point blank: They don’t.

Their stand against us stems purely from a position of self-protection and an unwillingness to humbly admit their past dealings with Saddam Hussein's Iraq were wrong...and quite possibly...illegal. As to the United Nations. I think we all with open face comprehend their motives. I doubt there is a reasonable Man alive today or in times past that would label the UN a reserve of resolve for freedom and liberty. Theirs is a repository of effeminate confusions and vicious slander intent on defiling truth and sincerity. They are to be dismissed outright and not worthy of consideration when confronting the difficult paths of Mankind.
We have chosen the difficult path against Iraq. The decision is that Iraq must be fully disarmed. If we do not do this now, millions possibly tens of millions will pay for our lack of resolve in the future. That is not vainglory meant to dismay the feeble minded. It is brutal reality meant to shock Men to their senses.

We are all legitimately afraid of War. Courage is doing what has to be done...in the face of legitimate fear. Even with our overwhelming superiority...we still fear the destruction it causes. We fear the innocence it destroys, the youth it steals...but as Americans we must deal with the reality that War....is the way of Man. If the righteous do not wield the sword then the unrighteous will. It is default and no amount of shallow, perfumed discussion can change that.
If we [US and England] do not call the shots...then lesser beings will. If our motives do not determine the outcome...then impure motives will. This is our responsibility. History stands by for our decision...that decision will echo for eternity in one of two places...the halls of righteousness or the depths of treason and wickedness.

We may not walk on water but neither do our enemies and at some point in the course of freedom you draw the line and hold it.
The complete disarmament of Iraq is that line.
We must hold it, right here, right now. In the face of all the rage from our opponents, in the face of all the dissent of our Benedicts, in spite of the whispering lies of Men of false nobility….

…Iraq must be disarmed, completely…

Or else.

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Today's revelations of Iraqis beginning to uncover an "Oil for Support" Conspiracy only serves to further emphasize the point.