Some questions that need to be answered.

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[Stavka2]

I don't write vanities, not normally not ever, but there's a first for everything. Here's a list of questions I want answered and most Americans should too.

1. Why hasn't the upcoming Iraqi war been publically debated?
2. Why hasn't Congress done it's job on the war?
3. What are the actual costs going to be to the taxpayers of this war, and I don't been some ball park figures but detailed cost estimates? Best/worst case scenarios?
4. Where is the money coming from?
5. How much largeness will the US oil companies and defense industries receive from this war?
6. What happens if the Iraqi oil fields are destroyed and what will be the cost of reopenning them?
7. What will be the cost of rebuilding Iraq and what is/if there is the plan for this?
8. What exact form of government will replace Iraqi Saddam/Batha rule?
9. Why is the US negotiating with Iranian mullahs for the government, members of the very organization it opposes in Iran?
10. Why is the US negotiating with exiled Iraqi generals who have human rights records worse then Saddam, to include "The Chemist"?
11. What happens if Kurdistan declares independence...will this be supported?
12. What happens if Turkey invades Kurdistan and begins a whole sale slaughter?
13. What happens if Iran invades southern Iraq?
14. Since Saddam is such a mad dog and has had chemical weapons for over twenty years, why hasn't he launched them on Israel?
15. How will taking out Saddam, a socialist, make the US safer from Islamic terrorists financed by Saudi Arabia and various other emerites?
16. Why have the Saudies been allowed to amass WMD and over 100 missiles?
17. What is the end state in Afghanistan?
18. What happens if Taliban launches offensives during Iraqi war? Where will reinforcements come from since all three participating divisions will also be in Iraq?
19. How much is the US willing to spend to rebuild Afghanistan?
20. What happens if Pakistan goes rouge and has nukes?
21. Why have oil prices been allowed to climb up to the highest point in 2 years and retail had its worst season in 30 years.
22. Why are foreign software engineers still being hired and imported at autrocious rates while domestic workers sit in unemployement?
23. Why are Mexicans still being supported as illegals in the US?
24. Why is the federal government still pushing for billingual services to these illegals?
25. Why was NATO enlargement not even debated seriously, when this causes the US to willingly go to nuclear war for countries such as Romania. When this will cost the tax payer twice as much as last time, to the tune of $65 billion dollars, to subsidize the US military industry in selling systems to poor countries.
26. Why are US troops still in the Balkins and the US is still backing the KLA?
27. Why is the US still giving money to Arafat?
28. Why is the US still spending globs of money, around $10 billion/year, defending Saudi Arabia when it refuses to cooperate with the US?
29. Why are anti Chavez, pro democracy demonstrators not receiving any help?
30. Why is the Zimbabwean anti Communist opposition not receiving any help?
31. Why did the Rumsfield inquiry into waste, fraud and abuse in the US military and National Guard come to such a sudden halt?
32. Why is air safety in US airports just as much of a joke still as it was before?

Just a few questions that no one is seeming to ask since it's a Republican run show and not democRats.

[Stavka2]

Thank you so much for you input, yup that stupid, only a genius like you could figure things out. No Sheite it comes from Tax Payers, genius, the point is, how does it come, higher taxes, more deficit spending and higher interest rates or cuts in other spending? Didn't get that far, did we?

[Stavka2]

Ever read Sun Tzu? Guess not, the best general is one who never has to unseath his sword.

[Republic of Texas]

Your questions were biased to begin with. Obviously, you were not asking to gather information, but to make a point. So instead of the whole "question" charade, make your point. Hopefully, we will lower taxes, but I doubt it. This action was debated, it was in all the papers, yet you asked why it had not been debated. That was stupid. There wasn't a lot of debate, because the answer is quite obvious. War is expensive, but ask Neville Chamberlain when you see him in hell, avoiding war at all costs is even more expensive.

[swarthyguy]

>>the best general is one who never has to unseath his sword.

Can you give me a coherent run down of our strategy? Hard to tell, isn't it? Look at all the questions you have.
Everyone's confused. No one knows what the US has in mind. THe sword has not been unsheathed in Iraq, has it?

Can you tell me what we're about to do, going to do, planning to do?

[Republic of Texas]

If you'd like, I'll pull my copy of Sun Tzu off the shelf and find a quote that says the opposite. What would that prove?

[Republic of Texas]

So Eisehower wasn't a great General by Sun Tzu's account because he didn't win without fighting?

[Stavka2]

Oh, how true. But I wasn't a combat officer because I was afraid of hurting someone's feelings. For those who just insult and can't give even a half arsed answer, well, screw them. As for the rest, it's about debating issues. I of course have my views on each issue raised, but it's about debating...something to many people don't want, they just want obediance...to their doctrine, as opposed to another. Same results in the end.

[Stavka2]

bump

[Stavka2]

By all means, pull it out.

[Stavka2]

The funny thing is, if it was democrats in charge of this situation, the same questions would win praise from every cornor, but since Republicans are in, then all critical thinking is to be switched off.

[Republic of Texas]

Critical thinking is one thing. Your questions were not designed to inspire critical thinking. You are correct on one thing. If the Dems were in office, we would be asking questions. We would be asking why we are kissing Iraq's ass. There would be NO inspections, and NO accountability. We would be helping them develop nukes. Winning the war without unsheathing the sword as it were.

[Stavka2]

No, but considering that a combat division has 3 brigades, in a rotationary set up, one is deployed, one is training up and another is recuperating.

[arete]

The good news is that there are more of us than there are of the mindless bush-bots. The mind control people will just keep saying the same old same old -- "shut up and go back to DU". They are very limited and not much of a challenge. I like poking fun at them when I have some time to kill. Maybe one of them will stroke-out on us though and that wouldn't be a good thing.

Keep the freedom fires burning!

Richard W.

[Stavka2]

So I guess you found the quote and are now trying to twist it around to use it for yourself...hmmm, figures. By the way, it's up front, chapter two or three, right along with knowing your enemy and knowing yourself.

As for changing the subject, good try but not good enough. We are kissing arse, to the people that attacked us, and it wasn't Iraq, it was Saudi Arabia, the one that drops millions on millions into the US body politic.

[swarthyguy]

>>. We are kissing arse, to the people that attacked us, and it wasn't Iraq, it was Saudi Arabia

That's the strategery part, i guess, even tho' saudi is an easy target and we have bases on site but the family and money connections leave dubya sorta constrained....

[Destro]

Good questions that few have the cajones to answer.

[TLBSHOW]

33. PB ABortion ban

will it be the first thing done as Lott promised?

[Stavka2]

Thought you'd appreciate it. Note the level of most of the attacks, mindless for the most part.

[Republic of Texas]

I'm not going to trade Sun Tzu quotes with you, I already made that point. You know as well as I, that his advice is situational. The quote is actually "Subjugating the enemies army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence", p. 92. This is lovely, but not always possible. Hence my point about Eisenhower that you never responded to.

If you'd like to get to SA, I'm with you all the way. I don't mind picking off the Arabs/Muslims one by one, for as long as they'll let us, but at some point we have to deal with the Saudi's. Iraq is the easiest way to start, because after we defeat them will have a foothold next to SA. After all, 'One who knows when he can fight, and when he cannot fight, will be victorious", p. 134.

[Republic of Texas]

Is that related to the topic of this thread in any way?