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Date Posted: 13:07:34 03/03/03 Mon
Author: Icon
Subject: Oooh, start with the easy ones....
In reply to: FawnDoo 's message, "I suppose someone has got to ask it....." on 00:06:24 03/01/03 Sat

Well, for statrers I ahve to say I think that no matter how complicated it seems, it's more complicated than that.

Bush I distrust. This is the man who said he's doing because "This is the man who tried to kill my Daddy". As one commentator put it, that's a reason to round up a posse on horseback, not risk WWIII.

Saddam is evil, let's not kid ourselves. He's a vicious, power hungry tyrant the world, in ideal situations, would be better off without.

Trying to like Saddam to Al Qaida is nuts, it represents everything he is against and vice versa, Bin Laden et al would cheerfully assassinate him themselves.

I wish I could genuinely feel that the American decision to deal with Iraq was something more than sour grapes from the Gulf War, but I can't. The arguments used seem valid in and of themselves, but the concentration on Iraq seems to be overly convenient.

There are numerous countries in violation of UN Statues, (the US being one of them). Israel is probably the most contentious one at the moment, with it's position regarding the Palestine (They're called "the Occupied Territories" for a reason). I find the blanket US support for Israel to be deeply disturbing if they expect to be able to find allies in the region for their own war.

Of course, they have Saudi Arabia on side, but as this is where most of the 9-11 terrorists came from, and which has a truly awful human rights record in it's own right, one has to wonder why, could it be... oil?

America seems to want to take a larger role in world security, but only on it's terms. This would be fine if America was being led by a fine upstanding, unimpeachable figure with spotless morals and a genuine belief in truth justice and the America way, but as neither Superman nor President Bartlett are alas, available, what with being fictitious nd everything, it's not.

As regards Tony Blair, he does, no matter what else you might think of him, appear to believe sincerely in the justness of the cause. I'm not sure whether that heartens me, or frightens me.

We have him to thank for getting the US to use the UN, but since the US was ejected as a member of one of the most important panels of the UN, and promptly sulked by not paying any of the UN dues it owed for several years, that hardly impresses me, especially when they seem hell bent to circumvent it if the UN dares to disagree with it.

Me? I personally am more concerned about matters like, in no particular order;

1) the stockplied weapons from the former USSR,
2) the possible threat of North Korea
3) the ramifications of the Israel/PLO situation
4) the tyranny of Mugabe in Zimbabwe
5) the possible problems between India and Pakistan

than I am about one dictator, however loathesome (and he is) who has been succesfully contained, if not controlled, for 12 years. Deal with him as the UN decrees, but there are greater threats around IMHO.

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