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Thread #56559   Message #895477
Posted By: Raedwulf
21-Feb-03 - 05:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: Should the Uk & US go to war with Iraq?
Subject: RE: BS: Should the Uk & US go to war with Iraq?
Yes, if it's necessary.

Yes, we all 'know' [note the quotes, please] that Bush is only after the oil & Blair is nowt but a poodle. It doesn't matter whether that's true or not, because many of you are determined never to believe anything else, no matter what 'evidence' [note the quotes, please] is presented. (Me? I don't believe the politicians, but I don't believe the anti-war league either. I'm neither absolutely for nor absolutely against - I've seen very little convincing evidence either way)

So war's ruled out because it's inherently immoral & innocent people will die. OK.

'Scuse me, but best estimates suggest rather more than a million Iragis have died since Gulf War I...

Ah sorry, forgot - that's all the West's fault because of immoral sanctions...

OK, so we lift sanctions. And presumably Saddam, busy laughing up his sleeve, goes back to the grosser & more unsubtle methods of slaughtering those who are unfortunate enough to live within the borders of modern Iraq...

Is it just me, or have the anti war muppets not actually offered a single solution to the problem of Saddam? If we don't go to war, the vast majority of you will have forgotten him in 6 months time.

BUT 'INNOCENT' IRAQI's WILL STILL BE DYING!!!!

I don't like the idea of going to war against Iraq, I certainly don't trust the motives of Bush & his cronies (or paymasters, depending on your p-o-v), but Saddam is pure-bred excrement. Bush Sr bottled & botched the job last time round. Sanctions have failed to topple Saddam's murderous regime.

What *exactly* is your cure for the problem, you who so vehemently oppose war? It's easy to knock, but what will you do to rescue Iraq from Saddam? Sadly, at the moment I can only conclude that the US & UK are going to wind up fighting the right war for entirely the *wrong* reasons... :(