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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
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Originally posted by Charean:
Just wondering if anyone knows a compelling reason why the US needs to go to war right now with Iraq.
With all that I have heard, it doesn't sound like an immediate threat.
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Maybe a dozen years of UN mandates and resolutions seems like a "rush job" to you, but it doesn't to me. I wonder why the UN hasn't made stronger moves to enforce it's resolutions prior to now.
[/QUOTE]I think the UN mandates references shows us all the genius of Bush's UN address - which turned world perspective on its ear on this issue. Quite impressive to take the big-guy-beats-on-little-guy thing and turn it into a the-evil-guy-keeps-thumbing-his-nose-and-being-evil-and-we-let-him thing.
As well, we're finding out the guy has doubles to protect himself and likely has biological and chemical weapons as well as some rudimentary nuclear capability. Plus, he's maniacal enough to have attempted to kill his own son (which was botched, so his son is now just handicapped).
But, more than any other reason, is MONEY, man.
The war on terrorism isn't a true war. We need a true war to turn the economy around. There has *never* been an American war fought outside US borders that has failed to boost the economy. Moreover, anytime we lose focus on the war on terrorism or the upcoming war with Iraq, we start to focus on how Bush is doing with the economy - which is pathetic. If the administration can't keep our attention focused on other things, the next election, as well as upcoming Congressional elections, will be jeopardized for the Reps.