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[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT gmail.com>]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 01:00:16 -0400, Don Rua <rua AT mindspring.com> wrote:
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> I agree with the first half, but there is plenty of evidence of "impending
> threat to the U.S.". 

yes, but from where?

> Maybe it is not from Iraq...

mmm-hmm, its *not* from Iraq. No links to al-qaeda, no weapons of mass
destruction.

> ...but maybe a free Iraq is a
> very good move in the greater game against that threat. Strategy doesn't
> travel in a straight line. 

Strategy? How about, um, oh, you know, capturing bin Laden? Regime
change in Iraq (oh doesn't that just make you feel warm and fuzzy,
what a lovely little name for an invasion) didn't get us any closer to
bin Laden. Meanwhile, he is rebuilding his network, and sees us even
more as enemies of Islam, and can use that against us.

> People talk about the global have and have-nots.
> North vs South, East vs West. Then someone makes a move to put some 'have'
> in the middle of 'have-not' land, and folks have a cow. Saddam was never
> going to let his citizens become the 'haves'. I'm confident that if the
> terrorists would take a nap, Americans would be happy to see Iraq
> businessmen and women grow, earn, and participate in the world community in
> a big way; become 'haves', that might just help more of their 'have-not'
> neighbors. Teach a country to fish.

Same thing, not the point. Yeah its great and all, but its not even
that great. There is mass resistance to the US forces, more and more
people every day don't like us over there, and its not the great place
to be that the president keeps making it out to be.

Anyway, my $0.02
~Ian