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Re: What about the first?
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Sun, 16 Feb 2003 23:51:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli writes:
The only
thing we can do is make sure it happens on our terms. Why in the heck would • we
wait till after he has the ability to nuke half the world?

Is that really a risk?

Are you kidding me?  The whole rest of that was completely irrelevant if you
don't see this.

Scott A

Right now he does not have the nukes, and he does not have a conventional
delivery system. He is a long way from getting them... and he is getting

That's what the members of the League of Nations thought about the German
military in the 1930s.

weaker
by the day. So, what risk does he pose? What risk does he pose to world peace • &
security when compared to Israel, Pakistan, North Korea or even Bush/Blair?

Oh yeah, Israel is such a threat defending itself and all.

Will stealing Iraq’s oil make the USA a safer place?

It would take about 20 years for Iraq's oil production pay for the cost of
making it usable the way the left-wing extremists keep saying it will.
Obviously Iraq's oil has little to do it anything with the possiblity of war.

After your assertion that there were scary similarities between the current
situation and 1930’s Europe, how about this one:

A world leader takes advantage of nationalism, jingoism and xenophobia to take
his nation on an ill-advised military adventure in order to strengthen his
country, but in the end actually weakens it.
;)

I heard a funny thing on the news about the Protest in Washington.  It was
organized by ANSWER. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism)
http://www.InternationalANSWER.org/
Right on their page is the following statement: "Support Self Determination for
the People of the Middle East"  So by stopping the war and preserving a
dictatorship that publicly executes civilians who voice disagreement is how we
"Support Self Determination for the People of the Middle East"
Digging around the ANSWER site a little you will come across this site:
http://www.workers.org/wwp.php
Now everything makes perfect sense. This whole thing isn't about whats best for
the people of Iraq it is about instituting the great ideal of communistic
socialism on everyone and fighting the evil capitalist US. (yes sarcasm was
intended)

-Mike Petrucelli



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(...) Relevance? [BTW: They’d have been right; he did not have nukes ;) ] (...) Don't make me laugh. Does supporting Israeli belligerence make the USA a safer place? (...) Can you justify that? (...) Did you answer my question? Will stealing Iraq’s (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Right now he does not have the nukes, and he does not have a conventional delivery system. He is a long way from getting them... and he is getting weaker by the day. So, what risk does he pose? What risk does he pose to world peace & security (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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