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Subject: Re: Why the sudden push to get Saddam?


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Astrid
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Date Posted: 11:30:29 09/15/02 Sun
In reply to: Alan 's message, "Re: Why the sudden push to get Saddam?" on 21:02:17 09/14/02 Sat


>That said, though, I'm all for invading Iraq and
>installing a democratic regime with protections for
>civil liberties and human rights (though I don't know
>if that's what Bush will do). And let's not stop
>there--there are scores of countries that deserve the
>same treatment.

Wow, that's a pretty major task. Is this going to be funded by American taxpayers? The military effort it will take is one thing, and the cost of establishing and maintain this protection for individual rights perhaps an even greater one.

>But the choices should not be "support Bush, or be
>anti-war." Why not support war, but have a totally
>different policy and mindset toward it?

You didn't comment on the timing of the Bush administration's decision. Do you think that they want to oust Saddam because he has funded terrorism?

Astrid

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