[sadimgnik]

The right reasons? Because Saddam is a dictator who oppresses his people .. who thoroughly deserves his moniker, "the butcher of baghdad".

The wrong reasons? Some sort of wooly-headed warm-and-fuzzy revenger for September 11 - when there appears to be no logical nexus between the two events.

NB: I'm not saying we shouldn't hunt down and kill all those responsible for September 11 - or Bali.

We should. Coldly, methodically, and until the vermin are all exterminated.

But THIS war ... the one against Saddam Hussein ... is muddying those waters, and making the job harder.

Sadim

[Roscoe]

But THIS war ... the one against Saddam Hussein ... is muddying those waters, and making the job harder.

Our enemies will learn to fear us. The lessons have begun.

[laredo44]

The wrong reasons? Some sort of wooly-headed warm-and-fuzzy revenger for September 11 - when there appears to be no logical nexus between the two events.

The stated reason for our actions is a war on global terrorism, admittedly precipitated by the 9/11 attacks. There needn't be a nexus between Iraq and the attacks on America to justify this war, merely between Iraq and international terrorism.

[wgeorge2001]

Liberalism is not a political movement; it is sickness of the heart and mind and betrays ALL who are deceived by it. It potrays tolerance but manifests intolerance; it potrays love and goodness but manifests hate and cruelty.It claims the high ground of morality but manifests immorality and death to children(abortion)and adults( sexual diseases and suicide). It is rooted in the dead soil of deceit,lust and self indulgence at mankind's expense. It is a blind movement led by blind leader's who hope to build a utopian empire on the quicksand of man's concept of man. It is godless,hateful and intolerant of Christians; I know. I was a young liberal once,until I came to the truth. Jesus Christ is truth. Read the bible starting in the N.T., find the truth.The basis of liberalism is the worship of self and always produces facism, communism or totalitarianism. Begin by realizing just one thing;
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked:who can know it?" Je.17:9
The lies of liberalism are based on the false concept of the heart of man as being good. This is a lie that has destroyed many good people. No lie is of the truth. Saddam is a killer and evil butcher of men;his time has come and God has sent an avenger of blood on Saddam; when a man murder a man; by man shall he be killed; God created man in his own image.

[saminfl]

The wrong reasons? Some sort of wooly-headed warm-and-fuzzy revenger for September 11 - when there appears to be no logical nexus between the two events.

But you don't know if there is "no logical nexus between the two events." I suggest you cannot make that claim because you lack sufficient data to do any analysis. Remember, intelligence data sometimes has to be limited because to reveal it would also reveal the source. I don't think you can make an arbitrary judgment as to whether there is or is not a "logical nexus" because your data is limited.

In my case, I preferto trust President Bush because he appears to be a man of great character after we had eight years of a man with no character and who would not know the truth if it hit him in the face.

[truth_seeker]

"The wrong reasons? Some sort of wooly-headed warm-and-fuzzy revenger for September 11 - when there appears to be no logical nexus between the two events."

From what I can recall, the stated reasons for THIS war are Saddam's non-compliance with the 1991 Cease Fire disarmament terms, the risk and fear that his WMD would fall into terrorists' hands, and his general crimes against humanity in terms of brutal dictatorship, eg. torture, etc.

The connection to 9/11/2001 is general: That an adequate defense is to pre-emptively reduce, remove opportunities, for terrorists to obtain weapons, to have nations willing to harbor them, to have sources of finance.

You and I probably agree on 90 percent of this. What happens is this: If there is a conservative in office, the media and his political opponents exploit some of the different interpretations.

It would probably be the same, with opposite parties. In BOTH cases, I am disappointed this takes place, for it emboldens the enemy to fight longer, and costs lives of the good guys.