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Re: "gutless" bush?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 20 Mar 2003 20:33:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Johann writes:
> > Now it's time to get back to basics and finish the job that Billy wouldn't
> > do: Operation Bye, bye Saddam...
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> Why?
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> I wouldn't have cared if Saddam had been allowed to thumb his nose at
> resolution after resolution after resolution, ad infinitum...I have no ego
> investment in making others obey my every word, as long as they also keep
> the peace. Everyone having WMD means keeping the peace because it also
> means "mutually assured destruction." And nobody really wants to die unless
> you back them into a corner.
I'll agree completely that 'keeping the peace' is the paramount concern
here. That, and the prevention of the proliferation of more WOMD. Saddam
thumbed his nose at the UN resolutions and sanctions imposed on his country.
Now it's time to put that thumb elsewhere on his body.
Last time I checked, no one really wants to die even when backed into a
corner. Saddam had his chance to get out of that corner. HE could have
easily gone under the radar and helped his countrymen prevent this by
stepping down and walking away. HE chose not to do this. HE chose this end
result. Case closed.
> I see that your ego is not quite as resilient as my own.
My ego is just fine, thanks! It needs no stroking whatsoever. I worry about
some of the others' around here.
> -- Hop-Frog
-Dave J.
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| (...) I thought what was wanted was justice for the "helpless" Iraqi people? Why should we let SH slip away quietly when it is our "claimed" agenda to make him pay for his supposed crimes? Or is there another agenda that doesn't care about justice (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Why? I wouldn't have cared if Saddam had been allowed to thumb his nose at resolution after resolution after resolution, ad infinitum...I have no ego investment in making others obey my every word, as long as they also keep the peace. Everyone (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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