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"The Crusades were justified."
At that time and under those circumstances I couldn't agree with your more - I don't believe I've seen that level of agression by Iraq lately.

At least you are honest in admitting that you want to see millions of dead Americans before you'll consider Saddam as a justified target. However, with the wisdom we learned from Chamberlain's policy of appeasement, we know with certainty that Evil Tyrants are simply encouraged by the kind of cowardly inaction that you support. Saddam has

gassed entire villages of his own people,
has invaded weaker neighbors in search of wealth and resources,
has "rattled his sabre" at the US repeatedly,
has organized massive anti-US protests chanting for "Death to America",
pays the families of suicide-bombers for killing innocent civilians in other nations (and Americans have been killed there as well),
harbors known terrorists (Abu Nidal is a glaring example),
and refuses to allow weapons inspectors to verify that he has not stock-piled weapons that would destroy massive numbers of innocent civilians.

In other words, he is an Evil Tyrant bent on acquisition-through-warfare and murdering civilians he does not like, just as Hitler was. Therefore, an attack on Saddam is totally justified. I can only hope that when war begins in earnest, you will continue to make the same moronic statements and are imprisoned for sedition.

"I can only hope that when war begins in earnest, you will continue to make the same moronic statements and are imprisoned for sedition. "

I'll just turn myself in now:

But before I go -

"gassed entire villages of his own people, "

Don't tell this to an American Indians - ooops that was pre-gas wan;'t it - One for you.

"has invaded weaker neighbors in search of wealth and resources,"

The Bay of Pigs comes to mind

"has "rattled his sabre" at the ___(fill in the Blank) repeatedly - you got me there

has organized massive anti-US protests chanting for "Death to America", - You got me there too.

pays the families of suicide-bombers for killing innocent civilians in other nations (and Americans have been killed there as well), and there too

"harbors known terrorists (Abu Nidal is a glaring example),-
Not glaring anymore - though we do it also and don't even know that they are in the country - If they register for school we just bring them right in - I sort of opt for harboring - which would mean that they would fess up to being what they are and then we say ok - as opposed to inviting them in as students, losing track of them, not being able to follow their bank accounts and having them cause havoc - one for me

"refuses to allow weapons inspectors to verify that he has not stock-piled weapons that would destroy massive numbers of innocent civilians" - he does need to clean up his invitation process and be much more forthcoming to the inspectors - one more for yo

Beat me again - your so good - your arguments for total justification however will not make it happen - I would think his contiguous neighbors, whom are not to jazzed about it have a different view - it really won't effect your little world if it does - you can consider yourself as a prophet of sorts.

""I can only hope that when war begins in earnest,...."

According to GW war HAS begun in ernest just not against IRAQ - but I suppose your referring to the declaration of war by Congress which as you know is required under the Constitution, before we can start one of those damn things - in each case it occured only AFTER we were attacked. We've had very few of those thank God - According to TJ and the Found. Fthrs. they left it up to our Congressional Representatives not the President -

They are sure going to be rounding up a lot of us on that sedition thing - about 49% of the population according to the last poll.