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Originally posted by Alex From San Diego@May 17 2004, 08:02 PM
ok...so you are saying wait and see what he did before we went in?
He balked at our warnings...plain and simple. He called our bluff and we delivered a message to him and let that be a warning to any other dictator who thinks they can govern a country by strongarming their citizens.
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Wow, that's pretty profound. Did you get that from Our Weekly Reader, or what?
Do you think that's really going to deter any dictators from strongarming their citizens?
Do you think that an Iraq crawling with real live genuine alQaida types really makes things safter for the U.S. than Saddam's occassional ineffective firing of a missle at our planes in his own air space?
Do you really think that a poorly planned and even more poorly executed occupation is going to make the U.S. safer?
"Calling bluffs" and "delivering messages" is great for the 6th grade playground - or sleazy bars, if you're over 21 but still thinking like a 6th grader. It's place in international relations is a little more suspect than that.