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war in iraq
oohhboy:
Yes agree they need to get out ASAP, but not before filling in the current power vacume with a stable Peaceful/Pro-Western friendly Leader/Goverment. If they leave only after installing Civil services, the resulting power vacume would pull in the leaders that currently has the loudest voice, ie. the clerics. If that were to happen, the invasion would have been in vain for all parties involed.
ThePerm:
cleric "get america out...so we can take over...."
kennyb27:
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Instead, we get this manufactored threat of "weapons of mass destruction." Have they even found any of these weapons yet?
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Not to get a whole "blind-follower" thing going here, but I believe this should have at least been mentioned: A couple days before the military presence began in Baghdad, Israeli intelligence, (set up by US and it has been acknowledged by most governments as being the premier intelligence agency of Middle-Eastern affairs, confirmed that they saw several caravans leaving Iraq and heading into Syria. The trucks in this caravan just happened to be the correct size for carrying missiles and such.
Comment how you will...
The Omen:
I think anyone with half a brain would realize that the WMD, while not officially found, are or were there. Why would we expect the WMD to be sitting there waiting to be found? If you were Saddam, what would you instruct your minions to do? Get the WMD the hell out of there, so the coalition doesn't find them. He wasn't going to use them, knowing that would justify the attack. When we find them, or find where they dumped them, there will be new excuses by 'the far left ', on why we shouldn't have gone. What you have to realize is, even if we already had the WMD, it still wouldn't be good enough for some. There are some people who trust no one, some who trust everyone, and some , like myself, who use common sense.
kennyb27:
I'm with you on the whole common sense thing, Omen. But, common sense is lacking more and more in today's society. Have you read the warning label on a kitchen knife set? I've never felt the desire to try to impale myself on a knife or to run around with the blade facing me...although, I guess some people have. Or how about the $10 million a court awarded to the person who claimed that McDonald's coffee cup needed the word "hot" on it. I mean how thick-headed can one get? But I digress.