Apparently the "world" had enough patience to wait indefinately for Saddam to comply with the terms of his surrender from Gulf War I, but cannot give the US the benefit of the doubt, and no time to prove their case. This is nice to know. Perhaps the "world" needs to remember all the good things the US has done for it.
-----Original Message----- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:39 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Tony Blair, Internet surfer >I'm not saying to ignore it, but to help the innocents FIRST, and as a priority... Otherwise they'll get more and more into a cycle of poverty... >It won't be "justified" for another attack, but things should be put into place of priority... Priority does not come into it. The two take place simultaneously. >But since the countries have pledged to help the citizens of Iraq, then why not step up and give a whole-hearted amount of help? Truly...why not step up and give a whole hearted amount of help? >Are you saying that during a "boring" period, the governments pay money to sit and scratch their asses, just in case something might need investigation >in the future? What happens if 2 things need investigation? Do they have 2 teams? Maybe 3 in case the other 2 are busy? 'Teams' and investigative committees are formed at the point in time when investigations must be made. >True, but the funds given to them could be used elsewhere in the meantime... No. The funds should not be used elsewhere. There is not a 'lack of funds' to help the Iraqi people that is being 'drained' by investigating whether we were lied to or not. >Seriously though, there's far to many things that the intelligence community gets wrong, but this is being highlighted as it cost a lot of money in one >go - others may have spent a large amount over longer periods, but because it's not a high public profile it won't get investigated A war against a soverign nation that has altered the balance of power in our world and in the Middle East, that has killed thousands (they stopped counting) DESERVES the utmost attention, and should be forefront if there are well founded allegations that such a war was started based on exaggerated or incorrect statements. That is WHY there has been loads of press coverage. This one action, so far, IS more important than anything else that's ever happened in recent history. We are talking about Britan and America AGGRESSIVELY ATTACKING another country, Firing First,starting a war to gain strategic influence and territory if the 'evidence' was false. An action like that, is reason enough for a World War. And America and Britain would be the guilty parties for starting such a war, if they attacked Iraq based on lies. If Russia and China had attacked Taiwan, and the 'evidence' they used was lies...what do you think would be the world response? Have you sat and really thought...really conceptualised what it MEANS for America and Britain to INVADE a soveriegn territory by LYING to the population of America and Britain? Have you really thought what it means that your elected officials LIED to you, put your citizens at risk in WAR and then lied to you about the reasons so boldfacedly? Put your country's sons and daughters to DIE over lies? Can you understand how other countries in the world feel? Stop. And think about it. And maybe you can understand why the world demands answers. Or maybe not...since you are a citizen of one of the victors in this 'war'. -Gel -----Original Message----- From: Philip Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Seriously though, there's far to many things that the intelligence community gets wrong, but this is being highlighted as it cost a lot of money in one go - others may have spent a large amount over longer periods, but because it's not a high public profile it won't get investigated Is this one matter THAT much more important than everything else going on? The war is over - it happened, it'll happen again (it's the nature of war), was there a BIG investigation after Vietnam? How about after the Falklands? The original Iraq war? There was loads of press coverage, but this one item seems to be of more importance than anything else that's ever happened... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
