it's an interesting idea.
However I am not sure that
a) "he would still be abusing his people today"
or
b) "I don't expect France, Germany or Russia would be volunteering"
is correct.
Correct me if I am wrong, but while Saddam was certainly not a nice
man, all known massacres were more than a decade old when we invaded.
What do you mean by abuse, exactly? Please distinguish this from
Darfur, where we are not intervening. Thank you.
As for European volunteers, why not? As I understand the situation
they objected to being expected to follow on faith. A reasoned
rationale might well have met with better success. At this point
however they may well feel that we broke it, we bought it, and perhaps
rightly so.
Dana
On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 17:22:59 -0500, Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dana,
> The problem was that without Sadaam's cooperation, we could never be sure.
> If
> he had cooperated, he would still be abusing his people today. We'd have UN
> monitors watching things and arguments back and forth, and Bush would
> probably
> be ahead in the polls and the election basically over.
>
> If we were following Kerry's course, we'd still have several hundred
> thousand
> troops parked somewhere in the middle-east. Because the minute they left,
> Sadaam would be back to his old self. And while we were parked there, I
> don't
> expect France, Germany or Russia would be volunteering to replace a chunk of
> our folks or fund our deployment. Same scenario as before with Bush way
> ahead
> and the election basically over.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I know this is late but...
>
> In your first paragraph it really is not clear to me.. the first "he"
> is Saddam and the others are Bush, right? Maybe I am just tired. I
> really did not mean to be insulting. But I submit to you that a
> prudent person would have made sure.________________________________
>
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