[prairiebreeze]

Of course that begs the question of why we chose the Iraqi people to liberate and not the N. Koreans or the Cubans of a whole host of other oppressed peoples.

Many reasons I believe. WMD for one, (Yes I believe it's there), but also to facilitate our removal of troops from Saudi Arabia. Iraq's neighbors are delighted to see Hussein gone. You and I have no idea about the benefits behind the scenes to that aspect. And as far as North Korea, since China will be key in however that plays out, we are still in the diplomatic stages with them. Iraq squandered it's diplomatic opportunity, with the help of the French, Germans and Russians of course. You didn't answer my question about whether it's a good thing that we learned of the Euro/Russian treachery and UN corruptness out of all this. Prairie

[arete]

You didn't answer my question about whether it's a good thing that we learned of the Euro/Russian treachery and UN corruptness out of all this.

That is a hard question to answer. I don't think that many people in the know weren't aware that France, Germany and Russia were all doing business with Iraq. It was one of those things that was never an issue until now. Let me give you an example. Congress has put a cap on the number of military personnel that we are allowed to have in Columbia. It is something like 200 or 400. In order to get around that, either the military or the CIA or whoever, simply hires mercenaries. Nobody is paying much attention to that now, but somewhere down the road, it may become an important issue. All of a sudden, people are going to be surprised about the Columbian program we have going on even thought the information has just been sitting there. Same with those people dealing with Iraq. Although some are surprised, I'm just one of those who took it as a given. As far as the UN and its use of the oil for food money. Hell, Iraq itself was yelling about it (the fraud) but of course, no one thought it important until now.

If you really want to stir up a hornets nest, just start a discussion about who is selling arms to whom or why Israel has a very active spy network operating in the US and what they do with that info. All a very dirty business filled with hidden agendas, big money and more than anything, deceit.

That's at least one of the reasons that I don't trust government information or leaked news reports. They are only going to tell you what they want you to hear.

Richard W.