I believe it is all a scheme concocted by Bush to move in with his oil drilling company to rake in some cash since there will be no more Sudaam Hussein to act as a interloper.

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eh talking about iraq brings up nostalgic memories of the Iraq D/A

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i think it's coz saddam has many weapons of mass destruction aimed at usa

p.s. oil was found in russia recently

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actually, i believe Iraq has many ICBM's, like 80 of some variety, and other stuff of which i have no idea of the name. But they only have like 3 launching stations, so they can't really attack anyone efficiently.

Why is US attacking iraq if so?

1)Bush wants to
2)continue what his father was doing
3)wants oil security
4)protect Israel from an Iraqi attack
5)they have a nuclear weapons program, but are ambiguous about the progress
6)chemical and bio weapons are present
7)they have ICBM's
8)Empirical conflics (gulf war)
9)Bush doesn't like Saddam, and this is the opportunity to get him...he needs some sort of justification to attack.

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it is my belief that Bush is trying to extend the only area where he has been getting his support from: the war against "evil."

However, like surfing, if he rides these waves too long, he will fall and splatter.

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america is really stupid right now...

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it is my belief that Bush is trying to extend the only area where he has been getting his support from: the war against "evil."

However, like surfing, if he rides these waves too long, he will fall and splatter.

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Iraq doesn't have nuclear capability. They tried in the early 90's to develop a nuclear program that failed miserably. They do have chemical weapons, and I'm fairly sure they don't have biological weapons, but I'm not positive, that's the only point I'm not sure about, I keep thinking about hearing that they had anthrax, but my mind's a bit clouded now.
Anyways, Saddam really isn't interested in that stuff right now, what he wants are missles so that he can attack Israeli underground nuclear silos. They have crude versions of missles that go underground that were found by accident, because when they were testing some missle they forgot to replace a part in it before launching, and that part that was on the missle was filled with cement. When it hit the ground they found it had gone deep into the ground.

David's right about how they only have 3 launching stations, although they're not stations, they're mobile units of some sort. Anyways their launch capability is pathetic.

I would agree with victor on this issue, Bush is just using the war on terror to spin this toward his agenda of a regime change in Iraq. I think it's most convenient for him in this regard because if he succeeds he gets a new regime in Iraq, plus most of the reason David lists. His approval rating has gone down from the 70s to the 60s, and while that's still fairly ridiculously high, he's trying to milk this for all it's worth.

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On another note

Sen. Daschle knows what the fuck he's talking about.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentS...p=1031119383196
How long will it take for the general Amerian public to wake up.


Bush is starting to yell in his speeches...perhaps he thinks it gives his words more weight haha

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Should we invade Iraq?

on one hand, if we don't they could attack us.

if we do, no one will like us. BUT we get oil.

on another hand no one likes us anyway.

on the other, bush is a moron, and why should we do what HE wants?

I think that we should, cause no one knows how america feels now. (besides israel) no one could possibly feel the paranoia created by terrorist attacks. If we invade iraq and get that out of the way, some people may be able to sleep better at night.

anyhow, i say we do it. and anyone who continues to protest can meet me in the back alleys were i wait with my baseball bat, cause protesters are madd annoying.

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http://jusunlee.com/forums/showthre...p;threadid=5639

The last thing America needs now is another of the ever-present warhawk movements.
Lets take a look at domestic problems first.

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I think that we should, cause no one knows how america feels now. (besides israel) no one could possibly feel the paranoia created by terrorist attacks. If we invade iraq and get that out of the way, some people may be able to sleep better at night.

anyhow, i say we do it. and anyone who continues to protest can meet me in the back alleys were i wait with my baseball bat, cause protesters are madd annoying.

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if we do, no one will like us. BUT we get oil.

on another hand no one likes us anyway.

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imo a reason were invading iraq is to protect our oil resoruces in the middle east. sure, sudam is a threat, but oil is another big motive too. many politicians that support attacking iraq r involved with big oil companies. (bush and cheney r)

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Threads "Iraq", and "Ground War in Iraq" have been merged.

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whats the direct connection between terrorist attacks in america and invading iraq.

how would invading iraq make people sleep BETTER at night. war is always the answer for sleep?

i dont really see your point in really invading iraq except your points stating that bush is an idiot and people will feel better about themselves.. so i cant really object or agree to what your saying.

and that baseball bat comment isn't really appropriate

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al qaida instead used our own technology against us. What if a certain iraqi man declares his wish to come to the US so that he may have political amnesty. Then he brings over some knowledge on the biological weapons that Iraq has been developing and makes it in the US spreading into major cities. (note: many islamic fundamentalists have already attempted this. what makes iraq any different?)

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What you don't understand is that Al-Queda and Iraq operate differently. Terrorists, such as Osama Bin-Laden, have no "home", per se. They have no fear of getting their house destroyed or their financial districts blown up. That allows them a wide breadth of choices and attack possibilities.

Sadaam is a whole different situation completely. He has a territory to defend. If he makes a mistake, he and his territory will be put at risk. And being Sadaam Hussein, his greatest wish is to maintain power over his land, his country. Thus, he would not do anything stupid, (e.g. attack the US or put bans on oil shipments to the western world) because he cannot take that risk.

Thus, this eliminates our need to "attack the greatest threat in the world."

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saddam works like a terrorist. in the persian gulf war his strategy was to tie downed american pilots to his tanks so that american war planes could not blow them up.

he commits genocide, is that not terrorism?

not to mention his ambigous behavior towards developing weapons. Denying UN weapons inspectors. He doesn't have to attack directly or take blame.

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looks like you need to focus your definition of terrorism a little more. There is a difference between an established state and a terrorist organization, however let me go to the line by line to show you the ambiguity of your points.

1) I fail to see the connection between tying your enemies to tanks and acting like, per se, an Al-Queda member. In fact in war, that sounds like a pretty damn good idea.

2) Milosevic commited genocide. He is not recognized as an International Terrorist.

3) Most countries are ambiguous about their weapons development. China, Russia, Mexico, Ecuador, the list goes on. No country NEEDS to disclose information about their weapons developments to the UN. So what are you going to do? Whine like a baby and accuse him of being a terrorist so you can continue your "war on terrorism?"

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what are we gonna do? leave him alone? let him develop his weapons and kill millions of people who didn't want to fight him?

if we fight this war he will not be able to bother us again, we get oil, we get bases in the middle east, we protect israel.

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