Posted on 10/13/2002 8:12:17 AM PDT by icantbleaveit
You go there to pick which weapons you will buy. What is Iraq doing there at all?
Such as what?
The claim that they are harboring terrorists? That's proven.
The claim that 9-11 hijackers met with and enjoyed support from Iraqi intelligence? It is highly likely that that is exactly what occurred.
The claim that they continue to develop bio and chemical weapons, missile technology, and to pursue nuclear weapons--and that they have shown no compunction about using them on innocents?
I could go on...but evidence that Hussein presents a real threat to American citizens is ample.
Add to the fact that he rapes, tortures and kills men, women and children who somehow offend him, and I have no qualms about taking him out.
Ultimately, the Iraqi people will cheer.
You need to brush yours.
Right.....Iranian terrorists who operate in the area that we control...DOH!
The claim that 9-11 hijackers met with and enjoyed support from Iraqi intelligence? It is highly likely that that is exactly what occurred.
Totally unsubstantiated nonsense.
The claim that they continue to develop bio and chemical weapons, missile technology, and to pursue nuclear weapons--and that they have shown no compunction about using them on innocents?
The "gassing Kurds" story is probably false. There has never been even the slightest hard evidence to verify the claim that by the way originated from the US state department. On the other hand, it was televised all over the world when Janet Reno gassed children to death at Waco. Fact. Verified by witnesses, government documents and autopsies. No such evidence exists in the case of the Iraq claim.
I could go on...
Probably not with any veracity you couldn't.
but evidence that Hussein presents a real threat to American citizens is ample.
LOL. If it's so ample, you could go on.
Add to the fact that he rapes, tortures and kills men, women and children who somehow offend him, and
Any source for that claim?
I have no qualms about taking him out.
Sure you do. You're sitting on your butt in front of a computer. When you get to Iraq, give us a post and we'll re-evaluate your keyboard bravado. Until then, spare us all the phony heroics.
Ultimately, the Iraqi people will cheer.
Unless Iraq decides that Hussein may be an asshole but he is THEIR asshole. We have no business going to war with Iraq. They had nothing to do with 9/11.
Buddy, your whole argument is based on a belief. A belief that is completely unsupported by any forensic record. I'd say you are the one with the problem. Foreign affairs should not be decided by supersticion and rumor.
From an historical perspective, which seems the most logical course of action?
Exactly what I was thinking through this whole thread!
NO, IT CAN'T!
When someone starts spouting this crap get them to take a look at the reserves of both countries.
They share a lot of the same reservoirs.
It's the same as the Texas Gulf Coast sharing the same reservoirs as the Louisiana Gulf Coast.
Here we go again, comparing Hitler to Saddam.
Apples and Oranges, guy.
Then there's the argument that if we had simply stayed out, Stalin and Hitler would have ground each other up.
Boy, would that have served the world well.
Yes, it CAN!! (It's called "slant drilling."
BTW...you can be assured that the President and his national security team are not functioning on superstition and rumor.
Officials at that level don't talk of mushroom clouds over American cities on a whim. They have ALL of the available information, and I have no doubt at all...none...that it is clear that Iraq is an imminent threat.
Officials at that level have a very long history of "adjusting" the facts in order to achieve a political result which might or might not be apparent.
From what crystal ball did you glean this amazing piece of information?
DD, you should hire out!
You've evidently got more information than ALL of our intelligence gathering departments!
Does the Cato Institute provide you with all of this?
When you go to your computer in the morning to get your fix and get wound up, do they automatically plug in updates to your talking points?
That must be nice to not ever have to think.
I'm in the business, son.
I know more about drilling, slant or straight, than you could accumulate in a lifetime.
They didn't need to slant drill.
They share the same reservoirs!
Sorry, I won't step into that thinly veiled trap.
Please go back and read what I wrote:
"Officials at that level have a very long history of "adjusting" the facts in order to achieve a political result which might or might not be apparent(sic)."
Once again, someone is trying to put words in my mouth.
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