so far today, i have liberated 8 beers and several hand fulls of Doritos.
i agree with Mike for the most part.
i also think that all of these arguments are both necessary and pointless. history is the best judge of what was right or wrong... who was a great president or bad president and what should have been done instead. every argument or concern can be countered with an equally valid argument or concern... thats the nature of politics and the futility of arguing about a course of action with Iraq.
success can only be decided after the fact... not before. everything discussed beforehand about the outcome can be nothing more than assumption, belief, conjecture and opinion. thats a simple fact of the current situation and the idea of deposing Saddam. there is no relevent comparison that could help accurately predict the reaction in the region. its not exactly like we are talking about carpet bombing Laos. we are talking about the worlds most technologically advanced military machines against Iraq that is at about 30% capacity of where they were during Desert Storm... or more appropriately "before" desert storm began. they were totally decimated in days and the famed and feared "Elite Republican Guard" was surrendering to film crews by the thousands and abonding tanks in the desert before they got taken out.
i cant get reliable information on whether or not it is going to rain this weekend, yet so many people are certain about the outcome of a "war" with Iraq, the reaction of the Muslim world... of the destruction, devistation and suffering that will ensue as well as the rejection of a new government, democracy and of the continued problems.
the only thing i am sure of is that the hype, hysteria, predictions and fears never live up to the reality.
Torone is still trying to liberate PD and myself... i want to see how that goes before making any futher decisions about who to attack and why.
Last edited by JR at Mar 15 2003, 05:50 PM
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