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MichaeltheGreat
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Apolyton Grand Executioner
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mooning the house that Ruth built.
Oct 1999
time: 21:26
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Nice troll, glad to see you back. 
Most people know Saddam's a murdering asswipe - I don't think there's much doubt about it. The Reagan and first Bush administrations certainly had no qualms about his nature when he was our boy and received billions in aid from us.
Dear Leader Kim is a murdering asswipe too, so is Mugabe, and I'm sure we can find plenty of others. Does that mean we invade them all next?
Different "peaceniks" have different reasons for opposing the war, but mine is two-fold:
One, I don't think he's a high enough priority to tie up virtually the entire uncommitted ground combat capability of the US for the duration of the war, and a large portion of that capability indefinitely thereafter for occupation duties.
Second, I don't think we have the collective brains, in terms of knowing the geopolitics, understanding the different agendas and factions and competing interests, to set up a functional government that won't either be acutely threatened by, or be an acute threat to, our new-found neighbors, some of which are alleged "allies."
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Lincoln
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No, Saddam is not the worst bully on the block but why not take him out while the troops are there? It certainly would be foolish at this point to ship everyone over to N. Korea or wherever. Take him out and let whining "old" Europe help in the reconstruction.
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Lincoln
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The reason why Iraq now, is because that is where the troops are now. Whether or not Bush is a wise man in putting them there, the fact remains that they can quickly do the job and then everyone can ***** about what he does next.
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Caesar the Great
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New York
Apr 1999
time: 00:26
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There is little doubt Saddam is a complete nutcase... unfortunately these people are always blessed with an uncanny lifespan.
But he is no idiot, he's not going to do something stupid with the whole world watching him. The cost of an invasion and continued military presence, both in terms of money and people, is not worth the risk of just leaving Saddam in power. He will do as much to stay in power as possible, even if it means doing whats best for his people 
I'm sure he has weapons of mass destruction and will do anything for a nuke. But as long as the inspectors are in the country I'm not worried. I've never liked siding with the French, but we need to give the inspectors more time. Yes, Saddam has violated dozens of UN resolutions... then again the US's record isn't stellar either.
With the capture of the #3 Al Qaeda guy last week, my confidence in this "War On Terror" is renewed. They are still a far bigger threat to world peace than Iraq, so is North Korea. With all the domestic problems in the US right now, we do not need to furthar alienate our allies on this relatively trivial manner. Show me the chem/bio weapons! Then we can go to war.
War might be the only option, but I for one want to be sure before innocent people start dying.
No one wants to see more American lives lost in another Gulf of Tonkin.
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Lincoln
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"Want to buy a bridge cheap?"
Not from you. It would probably be leaning way too far left.
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Lincoln
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Well off to bed. Yes, I have a real job now so I can't stick around for all the logical reasons why Bush is more evil than Saddam. Maybe I can catch up on this tomorrow... Night all...
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