In case you ain't noticed, Sherlock, WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ATTACKED! My apologies for missing your post earlier.
In answer to your news flash, "we" have also attacked the following countries over the past several years:
- Iraq
- Kosovo
- Bosnia
- Serbia
- Sudan
- Afghanistan
None of these sovereign nations have mounted an attack on the United States, either before or after our air strikes and/or ground attacks.
Afghanistan was targeted for regime change owing to the Taliban being kissing cousins to bin Laden and Al Qeda, not because we had any proof of the Afghan government, such as it was, being involved in the attacks of 9/11. As far as harboring terrorists, Syria and Iran would rank farther up the list, wouldn't you say, than Iraq?
Are we willing to press our luck with an all-out attack on Iraq, possibly escalating to the rest of the Arab world, possibly going nuclear, on the basis of such flimsy evidence as has been presented to date that Saddam Hussein aspires to build weapons of mass destruction, etc.?
So exactly WHO do you want controlling everything? All those countries you named, is there a leader in one of those countries you want to hand super power status to? Law of nature ...there will always be someone at the top and someone who has more power, there is no equality, can't be, never has been, never will be. Men are to greedy. I think I choose the United States....good grief everyone wants to live here, because regardless of our faults and shortcomings we are still a better choice than anywhere else, why don't they just make their countries like ours!! Everyone of those countries you named would love to have the power the U.S. has what do you think they would do with it? Doubt you would last long.
Are we willing to press our luck with an all-out attack on Iraq, possibly escalating to the rest of the Arab world, possibly going nuclear, on the basis of such flimsy evidence as has been presented to date that Saddam Hussein aspires to build weapons of mass destruction, etc.? It certainly beats the alternative, no?
The arab world already hates us over our support for Israel. We are unwilling to stand by and watch Israel die.
The rest of the pissant world has not supported us since 1945. We have already used nukes twice in battle.
We have absolutely nothing to lose and our national security to gain.