I dont dislike you Strick, by any means. I respect your right to have an opposing view, I just dont agree with it.

before the Iraq war started - I thought about it a lot. After a lot of soul searching- I decided from a humanitarian standpoint that it was ultimately better for the Iraqi people. But at what cost? that can only be known in the long run.
I certainly didnt buy into Bush's reasons of imminent wmd threat, or any Alqaeda connection - the real reasons behind seemed to be some kind of democratic restructuring of the Middle east. An admittedly gutsy move but one that has alienated its allies, and enraged a lot of the muslim world.

and now we know that Saddam was no threat after all, and yet one of our so-called allies Musharraf has pardoned AQ Khan the pakistani nuclear appleseed - and an international nuclear black market has come to light (how much of that is in the news?) There really is a threat, and just like one European diplomat said, Iraq is sunday school compared to this.
Meanwhile ALqaeda has grown, in the 30months following 911, close to 3000 people have died in al qaeda bombings around the world. Are we safer?

I dont know about you, but all I see from Bush is inflexibility,arrogance, unwillingness to admit any mistakes
(even though he contradicted himself at his press conference on
whether anyone could have predicted hijacking planes into buildings, when he himself and was informed of that very threat in Genoa G8 july 2001 conference - they setup up antiaircraft defenses - I remember hearing about that.
the Buck stops here sign is gone.


I have changed my mind on issues over time,
what about you?