No, the Japanese did.
Hitler was fighting a geo-political war. Arabs are fighting a holy war. Hitler never proclaimed to have God on his side. Arabs are convinced that God is on their side. And I've always said, be afraid of the man who *says* he has God on his side.
According to the Japanese, the emperor was the direct descendent of God. It didn't turn out so well for them, either.
I'm concerned but not necessarily afraid of Hussein's anthrax and weapons of mass destruction. I don't even think Hussein is stupid enough to launch a pre-emptive strike against the US.
No one is concerned about this. For you to set it up as a straw man so you can knock it down is intellectually dishonest. What people are worried about is the very real links between Sadam Hussein and Terrorist groups and that these weapons of Mass Destruction will find their way into their hands. But, you already knew that, you just chose to distort the argument so that it was easier to counter.
Remember, we had the Arab world behind us when we defended Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. That was a justified war. And there was no disputing that it was justified.
Part of the cease fire agreement of that "justified war" was the Sadam would disarm. He has not. Therefore, as the victors of a "justified war", we have the right to enforce the terms of the surrender.
We have every right to defend ourselves. I'm no dummy. But spin it any way you like, taking the offensive is not being defensive. It's a plain contradiction. And in matters of war, it makes all the difference.
Thats just about the dumbest thing I have heard. To put it bluntly, if you take the offense and take away all the other sides bombs, they can't blow you up. This seems like a pretty good defense to me.
But what I'm *afraid* of are psychotic Arabs, enraged at the Great Satan's pre-emptive invasion of sacred Arab territory who might feel it is their holy duty to board an airplane with a plane ticket and a carpet knife.
I am more afraid of the psychotic Arabs with nuclear weapons, or Anthrax or small pox. I'll take my chances with the carpet knife and the gas
I just don't see how invading Iran is going to reduce my fear of these things at all
It won't. You have chosen to be afraid. But anyway, first things first. We need to take care of Iraq before we get to Iran.