[geoschmo]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
yea rex i believe the anti war people stated their ground on the immense human suffering war would bring and the consequences of the war.

I have been incapacitated for a few days, but I would like to respond to this. If these are the reasons for opposition to the war, then those opposed are truely misguided. I won't stoop to the level of many of you here and try to equate this being wrong with somehow being dishonest about your true intentions. You may sincerely believe these two beliefs require an oppostion to the war, but you are still wrong.

The first point is shown to be obviously wrong by low number of casualties in the war compared to the number of deaths, and horrible atrocities commited by the regime. No, the real aim of the war was not the liberation of the Iraqi people, I don't attempt to claim that. But the horrible human suffering commited everyday by the regime upon it's own people and it's neighbors remove any weight from that particular argument by the anti war crowd.

The second point is not so easily dismissed, as only time will tell the true consequences of the war. And since action was taken we now have no way of knowing the true consequences of failing to act and weigh those against the consequences of taking the action we did.

Much of the anger in the arab world can yet be amiliorated if the rebuilding of Iraq is handled properly and the colaition troops are withdrawn quickly. But there will always be those that hate and seek to demonstrate their hatred in volient ways. Many of these individuals and Groups may in fact commit heinous acts in the future and point to the Iraq war as justification. But this is not a logical argument as the former regime killed and maimed many more muslims then this brief war has, and the regime displaced and killed many more muslims then even the "great evil Isreal."

By saying it's not a logical argument I don't mean it won't be used. However, if those that hate will use a illogical argument to hate, then there us really nothing that can be done to prevent it. If not for the Iraq war they would find some other reason to hate.

Geoschmo