john wrote:
On 22 Jan 2004 08:04:42 -0000, Eagle Eye
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However, I doubt there is any "evidence" that would convince you.

Is there any anti-US "evidence" you'd question?

The US government's involvement with Saddam Hussein and other
despots was shameful in many respects. But if you want to make
that case, don't overstate it with bull**** propaganda. And,
don't ignore the far worse actions of those outside the US
out of political expediency because they opposed the latest war.


No amount of "evidence will convince you that Bush's pre-emptive
invasion of Iraq was "just".

I believe one of the reasons for the invasion was to get control of
Iraq's oil.

Not control, but definately securing access to the oil was a factor.
Do you not realize the importance of that accessibility?

Let me pose this question:

Why didn't Bush invade North Korea? North Korea publically announced
that it had operational nuclear weapons. Why wasn't this viewed by
Bush as a direct threat to the national security of the US?

If you had been reading the news reports for the last few years,
you would know. North Korea...

A) has done this on a regular basis in order to get concessions.
They have no intention of invading beyond their borders.

B) their nuclear weapon program is not an immediate threat to us
as their only delivery system does not have the capability of reaching
the US. Iraq, on the other hand, has possessed weapons that are
easily transported and were available to any terrorist group with
a cause. This was undisputed by virtually everyone in the world
until Bush did something about it.

Well, first of all, North Korea has no oil.

North Korea has a HUGE standing army and could wipe out South Korea
and Japan in a flash.

Their army is under-trained and under-equiped. South Korea has been
abiding by our wishes and has not engaged in the military strength
contest. And since WWII, Japan's army hasn't been much more than
a brigade of ****ed-off Boy Scouts.

For Bush, that would be too tough a war to fight.

Ok, so you have a sense of humor.

It is easier to go against a nation like Iraq whch had a mickey-mouse
army, no air force, and no navy.

Military analysts rated Iraq's army as 5th in the world before the first
war. This time, they felt that since we were going all the way, we
would see the elite forces of Saddam that we missed last time.
Despite the beating of the first war, Iraq still had one of the major
military forces in that region of the world. Take the nuclear capability
from North Korea, and Iraq would kick their ass.

--
Later
Kal

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