OK, tell me what "your side" thinks, whoever they are. Tell me how conquering Iraq has helped to win the war on terrorism. I'm ready to be convinced, if you can put forward a strong argument and not just pseudo-patriotic waffle. Go ahead. Convince me. I'm waiting. -- The Philadelphia Talk Radio Politics and Opinion Forum

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Date Posted: 01:53:17 05/15/03 Thu
Author: Chris Henry
Author Host/IP: cache8-2.ruh.isu.net.sa / 212.138.47.27
Subject: OK, tell me what "your side" thinks, whoever they are. Tell me how conquering Iraq has helped to win the war on terrorism. I'm ready to be convinced, if you can put forward a strong argument and not just pseudo-patriotic waffle. Go ahead. Convince me. I'm waiting.
In reply to: JL 's message, "They would have my sympathies, as much as any victim of terrorism would. However, I would question the judgement of someone placing themselves and their families in danger by choosing to occupy a part of the world that harbors those who hate all things Western. Especially in a country that subsidizes terrorist acts. Guess their NIMBY payoffs aren't working as well as they once did. Keep up your America bashing. It's good to know what the enemy is thinking." on 20:22:13 05/14/03 Wed

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[> [> [> [> Only time for a quickie, but an important one, IMHO. No Saddam Hussein = no coin promoting Palestinian homicide bombers by paying off their families. Will revisit further when I get back. -- JL, 20:17:47 05/15/03 Thu (pcp01376707pcs.selrsv01.pa.comcast.net/68.80.69.241)

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[> [> [> [> [> It would be nice to think so, but just about every shopping centre in the Middle East has a booth taking "charity" collections for Palestine. Any more? -- Chris Henry, 01:17:35 05/17/03 Sat (cache8-2.ruh.isu.net.sa/212.138.47.27)

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Chris, Iraq, through Saddam's regime, was supporting terrorism directly. He issued checks for $25,000 to families whose members murdered Israelis. Now he has been toppled and he is no longer issuing checks for this service of murder. JL is correct. One source of such blood money has dried up. There are more, like the Saudis who hold telethons which raise several million dollars for bloodthirsty murderers, the Palestinian terrorists, and they will have to be dealt with also. -- William, 00:03:31 05/20/03 Tue (cache-rl02.proxy.aol.com/152.163.252.226)

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[> [> [> [> [> [> William has made my rebuttal in this instance for me. Good fellow that he always is (Thx, big guy!). However much more of it we need to counteract, there is THAT MUCH LESS to deal with.......... -- JL, 20:57:08 05/20/03 Tue (pcp01376707pcs.selrsv01.pa.comcast.net/68.80.69.241)

Another benefit...
Big dent in production of WMD's emanating from the area. We may not yet have located the actual finished form chemical weapons produced by Saddam and his Baath Buddies, but we surely have found a boatload of precursors. 2 pam-chloride, atropine, and ensembles suitable for chemical warfare have been discovered in countless Iraqi Army combat positions we have taken. Extremely high levels of chemical agents have been detected in the river systems. Not to mention the so-far scrubbed out mobile bio-lab vehicles and empty chemical rounds - useless for any other purpose. As a wealthy nation in the zone, the ability to produce and distribute these 'goods' surely existed, at the expense of the 'loyal followers' who were supposed to be fed by money from the joke of the 'Oil for Saddam' U.N. program. Where were these weapons to be used next? There are just so many Kurds.

The discoveries of the many mass graves containing thousands of corpses from the past 10+ years (verified by forensic dating) is another example of what we were dealing with. There is no doubt that a terrorist regime was in place. It's unbridled hatred for America and support for everything and anything that could attempt to bring us down is most evident and necessitated its removal.

To suggest that this is not part of our on-going war against terrorism and is instead some singular vengeant action is incomprehensible to me. The evidence of communication and cooperation between our enemies stands for itself. They are one and the same.

Naturally, the removal of this abomination has not and will not cure all of the evils we face 'spanning the globe'. But for sure it has put a mighty dent in things. And to me it is the direction we need to be going in.

Sorry it took me a bit to get back to you. I work away from home alot.

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