[geoschmo]

Originally posted by rextorres:
We won in Iraq - the inspectors are in there - there is no way that Saddam will get away with anything while they are there (contrary to popular myth). W. should work to fry bigger fish instead of alienating the whole world.

You are the one believing in myths if you think inspectors can find anything Sadaam does not want them to find. They are only useful as long as the Iraqi government is beign sincere. And they can only even do that if there is some concrete threat of retaliation against non-compliance.

What concerns me is that W isn't focusing on real problems. Korea and Iran come to mind. By attacking Iraq it just reinforces these two countries perceptions that they better build the bomb before it too late.

Iraq is by no means the only problem, but the threat from Iraq is real, despite your belief to the contrary. If you can't fix everything at once you serve no purpose by doing nothing at all.

If you really care about the palistinian issue then maybe you should push for a peace plan - that is the real seed of terrorism.

That is just making excuses as you acuse others of doing. But I agree the Palestinian issue needs to be addressed and a long term solution needs to be found. That is being done, or being attempted anyway. There is only so much you can do when two Groups hate each other so vehemantly.

This war is politically and financially motivated plain and simple.

There is no such thing as an apolitical war Rex.

Besides who said I was against war? I think taking out the Taliban was a good thing.

Why do we have to wait for something to happen again like 9/11 before we take action? We knew the Taliban and Al-Quada was a threat, and we did nothing. I think we can all agree that was a mistake? Why do we need to make that one again?

Geoschmo