Bush defends planning on Iraq [Don't know what to do about Iraq? Read on.]

CNN ^ | Saturday, August 17, 2002

[MeekOneGOP]

6) Trust weapons inspections. We all know how good that worked for 10 years, right?

[MeekOneGOP]

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Rummy, you tell the Brits to keep sifting the dirt for Osama.
Next up? SADdam ! Let's get him!

[MeekOneGOP]

[joyce11111]

very good analogy re: the "Military brains" in this country.

Thanks John.

[DeSoto]

Beautifully done. An absolute joy to read. I envy your writing talent.

I'm sure glad that you are on 'our' side. Of course, the truth is also on 'our' side, and the truth combined with your writing talent is a deadly combination (for the libs 8^) ).

[Valin]

First of all Saddams got to go...and the sooner the better as far as I'm concerned. But lets not be naive enough to believe that once he's assumed room temp. all will be sweetness and light on the banks of the tigris. What we are looking at is(at least) two groups of shia in the south and two groups of kurds in the north all of whom hate each other only slightly less than they hate old sadam. Not to mention Iran to the east looking with lust in it's heart at the shatt el arab(sp) At the top of the gulf.
Turkey who have had /have real problems with the Kurds going back...well a long time. I can just imagine how thrilled they'll be to have a nation full of kurds right next door.
Then there's Syria who'll grab as big a chunk as they can get away with, just because they can.

My point is the real "fun" will begin once Saddams gone.

[xzins]

Thanks, Amish.

Do you have an opinion of the piece?

[McGavin999]

The Scowcroft principle: Don't just do something, stand there!

ROTFLMCO, perfect John, just perfect :o)

[cactusSharp]

this is the best written article I've seen in a year.
That includes Peggy Noonan's work as well.

[AmishDude]

Oh, JH2 hits a homer with this one. There's an old proverb that says "There are none so blind as those who will not see."

John gives them a great big white cane and hits them over the head with it.

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL!!! I love your selection of Generals.

Thanks for the laugh and, you are right on target, btw!

Great writing; thanks John.

No? Still not impressed?

Oh yeah, I am. ;-)

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Since Scowcroft is no longer on the White House team, we might actually get rid of Sadaam Hussein this time.

It was his influence (with an assist from Powell) that kept him alive in 1991.

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks, amigo.

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks -- glad you liked it.

[JohnHuang2]

Morning, friend.

Basically, Gen. Schwarzkopf opined that, from his vantage point, if the mission involves large-scale ground troops, we aren't ready. But he freely admitted that, not being in government nor privy to intel, all he could offer is an educated guess.

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks, friend.

[JohnHuang2]

Aw, shucks, thanks! =^)

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks.

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks, friend.

Any got a link to that article/documentation?

Sure, here's a link to Jeffrey's piece:

THE GREAT TERROR: In northern Iraq, there is new evidence of Saddam Hussein's genocidal war on the Kurds—and of his possible ties to Al Qaeda.

And here's one of a Q&A with the author:

In Saddam's Shadow

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks, friend =^)