Besides the stereotype of a cowboy I see the stereotype of a peacenik.

I don't think we should use these stereotypes to describe anybody.

Are we either warmongers or peacemongers or cowboys?

I agree that it was a gigantic mistake when the '91 war was ended prematurely. Evidently the powers that were at the time thought there would be a revolution but it did not happen. Very similar to the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Ironically I think it was Powell that said that the mission was accomplished after they were 100 hours into the campaign. Now he has to try to finish the job.

Part of what we did was a success and taking Baghdad was not part of the original plan. I don't see why a missed opportunity should mean that we should take no action.

People in this thread and other threads keep saying millions of innocent people will be incinerated or otherwise killed. If you listen to the plans that the alliance has you will hear over and over again "in order to minimize civilian casualties we will. Etc Etc"

In Afghanistan we saw that measures were taken to avoid civilian casualties. There were some casualties, sure but if we don't do anything unless it is 100% safe and foolproof, we will never be able to do anything again. Every time an Airliner leaves the ground there is a possibility that it will crash and lives will be lost. Is that a reason to ground all airlines? The average number of deaths per mile is compared to the same number in auto accidents and we come to the conclusion that flying is many times safer than driving.

Old Guy