Thermodyne:
I belive you are making it to easy on yourself if you belive that France and Russia opposes the war purely out of economical reasons.
That is just as bad as beliving that the US want's to invade purely by economic reasons as some seems to think.
I think that Blairs speech when he stated that he couldn't with good consciense do nothing about the situation was a good speech.
But I do firmly belive that both France, Russia and the other nations who opposes the war do so in the belief that it is in the best interest of the Iraqi people. And I do belive that the US, UK and Spain promotes their cause for the same reasons.
Who are right? As stated I don't know but I belive that only a war may prove who was right or wrong. A bad solution at best but perhaps the only one, so there is no need to rush into it.
(Edit added
(Quote:Every day we wait more Americans die)
How?
Every day more of the Iraqi weapons are destroyed, making an eventual war easier on the attackers.
I don't see americans dying every day by Iraqi attacks.
I've not seen any evidance that Saddam has connections to terrorists, sure he appluads every terrorist action against the US and propably has connections to terrorists, but that doesn't say tha the Iraquis themself are plotting terrorist attacks. They are propably helping in funding and equipping terrorists, but if the war starts tomorrow or in 6 months it will propably not make any significant difference in stopping many terrorist attacks.
It's not the Iraqui republican guards that are blowing up planes, it's civilians that are mostly unknown until they've perpetrated their act.
The situation in Iraq has been the same for many years, a few months more will propably not make much difference.
[ March 15, 2003, 16:04: Message edited by: Ruatha ]