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Originally posted by RawAlex@Apr 16 2004, 01:51 PM
Statfor got it about half right... the current Bush strategy isn't playing well in the court of public opinion, and his approval rating shows it. For every bubba yelling "bomb the bastards!" there is a more level headed american asking "why the hell are we (still) there?" (still is for those who originally thought it was a good idea, and have come to see that there is more here than just knocking off Saddam... and that there are no WMD or anything else in Iraq except oil and bombs).
Bush's position isn't very defensible because they started the war from a lie, have supported it with a rah-rah public face that doesn't clearly reflect the numbers of troops killed and the hardships faced. The troops will still be in Iraq at election time, and this will be one of the most important issues of the 2004 election.
I think just like what happened in Iran to Carter, I think you will see the Iraq war get quickly resolved once Bush is out of office.
Alex
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I am not convinced that there are no WMD in Iraq. It seems to me that it would be very easy to dig a hole in the middle of the desert, dump some barrels of chemical agent in there, cover it up, note the gps coordinates, and leave the shit there indefinitely.
The whole world is trying to acquire WMD, from North Korea to Iran... Why wouldn't Hussein have been trying to make them too???
"No no! I insist you do not build any WMD in my country!" -- Saddam Hussein
Right?
Please.