NicoleC:

The statement I was responding to was "Hey, we don't like your government--we're gonna declare war on you!" How many people around the world would like to do that to us?"

My response was "The Islamic extremists declared war on the US." Isn't that what the Bin Ladin tapes are all about? Jihad against America? Maybe I heard wrong.

I thought the topic here was " MILLIONS MARCHING FOR PEACE!" All I am saying is that I don't think the millions marching do not account for the majority of the population. And that the demonstrators ignore the atrocities that will continue without action to depose the Saddam Hussein government.

If you were a victimized some how (by the way I am very sorry for anyone that has suffered from a heinous crime) and the police allowed it to happen, would you protest against someone who was trying to bring the Police department or Policemen involved to justice?

What are the totals anyway? I am curious. I like facts. It is good to know the facts. Some one stated 600 cities. You might come up with a large number if the total is multiplied by 100. And how many have died at the hand of dictators? I think Hitler was responsible for about 2 or 3 million. It a war to get rid of him.

As I stated elsewhere Saudi Arabia is being exposed a little at a time as not being such a good friend, And I said they are likely to become another Iraq if we do not act to plant a democracy there.

We were allies with the Mujahadeen, not the Taliban. The US government neglected that country and left it on it's own after the Russians lost interest, the Mujahadeen turned bad, the Taliban and UBL were hatched. All the more reason to get involved in nation building and stay involved.

If I was suffering from a brutal dictatorship and Russia or anybody wanted to depose that dictator, I would welcome them and do whatever I could to bring it about.

I don't recall any water treatment plants being targeted but As weird as it sounds, America alone buys 18 million dollars worth of oil a day from Iraq. (You may say that is BS but before you say it is a lie check it out.) If Saddam cared at all about his people he would build water treatment plants instead of more palaces to hide in, at least 50 at last count. If his people are dying from lack of sanitary water he would rather let them die so he can claim it is the fault of the US. The war protestors can fix on that as a reason to not have a war.

Interestingly enough, Our water supplies are a target of the Muslin extremists that have declared Jihad on the US

There was a food for oil program, hence the 18 mil a day oil sales, and I think that includes medicine, medical equipment anything necessary for the population. Saddam is diverting that money for military purposes and smuggling the war materiel in. Why can he get a million doses of atropine but he can't get basic medication and painkillers.

You have me on the depleted uranium. I will have to study that one. I am not going to try to comment on something I am not familiar with.

Yes I would think that anybody coming to liberate me from an oppressive regime would have my best interests at heart more so than the oppressor.

Old Guy