>What can he do now that he could not do 5 years ago We do not know. and that is a problem when you think about WMD. He could very well increased his arsenal 10 fold.
Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "jon hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 2:04 PM Subject: Re: Reason not to attack Iraq > Agreed, although there is the issue of support for suicide bombers in > my book, but I don't know if that issue is behind Bush's thinking. > > Unless the govt isn't telling us something, then I don't see the > reason for a massive invasion just to give the land away again. If we > got to keep Iraq I might be inclined to think differently though. > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Monday, August 12, 2002, 4:43:38 PM, you wrote: > LL> What I do not understand is why? Why take out Saddam and Iraq in the first > LL> place? What can he do now that he could not do 5 years ago. He knows that he > LL> had the crap beat out of him in the Gulf. About the only good that came out > LL> of it for him is that it gave him a chance to eliminate some potential > LL> threats to his regime, the Shi'ite communities in the Tigris and Euphrates > LL> marches, and the Kurds in northern Iraq. Right now things were slowly > LL> getting better for the people in Iraq, they've been quite quiet. Why do > LL> something incredibly stupid right now? > > LL> Moreover, ten years ago we had at least the tacit support of the surrounding > LL> countries. So far only one or two countries have even considered providing > LL> bases. Saudi Arabia has not. Neither has Turkey. That doesn't leave a lot of > LL> space left. How many carriers can you fit in the Gulf without creating a > LL> situation that resembles sitting ducks? > > LL> A war of aggression like this would be quite stupid. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
