Great Article For Deep Thinkers...

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Before we criticize President Bush for "diverting attention" away from the war against al Qaeda

Mike, I see this as the writer's key problem.. That is what too many people now believe Bush is doing.. I don't really see any evidence in Bush's actions or words for the analogy of a grand battle plan being laid out by one of history's great leaders.

A third, concomitant "Iraqi War" with additional enemies is a further effort to destroy an historical patron of terrorism and his cachés of deadly weapons that either have gone or will go to terrorists. Saddam's defeat will end the possibility that his oil-fueled supply of deadly weapons will fall into the hands of al Qaeda and its epigones. His end will isolate and cut off al Qaeda operatives in Kurdistan; it will rid Baghdad of enemies like Abu Abbas (and the ghost of Abu Nidal) as well as various al Qaeda visitors; it will stop bonuses for the suicide-killers of Hamas and Hezbollah (who embrace the same modus operandi and similar religious extremism as the 9/11 killers); and it will send a powerful message to states like Iran and Saudi Arabia that subsidizing terrorists who killed 3,000 Americans is a very dangerous thing to do.

I have to say this paaragraph does sound pretty damn convincing as a reason to attack Iraq though <_< maybe if Bush could sell his pitch that well we would even have the French wanting to fight


Ok.. I know I push the anti Bush thing a bit... I hope you know I am far from anti american... in fact I am proud Australia has been loyal and savy enough to stand behind the USA from day one... it has probably turned out to be a tactical fuckup for our government now.. but I reckon our Prime Minister knew what he was doing! If more "ALLIES" had followed suit then Saddam would be out by now... A full on UN force would be in Iraq and really ending all arms developement and a new governement installed peacfully... I could even imagine that leading to a day America would be cheered in many parts of the middle East.. sounds a bit like a fairy story I guess.


This guy has a pretty vision of what might be a nice explanation for Bush's cowboy antics..... We can all write fairy stories.


I think these people are closer to the mark...


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