starshineowned
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Joined: 4/19/2005 From: Texas Status: offline
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Because it is alot fresher in my mind now after watching a documentary on it: The whole right or wrong, moral, legal or illegal issue's just don't matter to any country with any ability to do something. It is simply left down to a simple decision of "who's going to do it first". The bay of pigs fiasco fits right up in there with anyone saying this is wrong, illegal, immoral. Take that a alittle further down the road to the Cuban missle crisis, and well folks, had Kennedy at that time Not invoked those same wrong, illegal, immoral powers and did those recon flights to get that photography? Well at the very least, I'd most assuredly not be here today because it so happened that I was born in Fla. less than 4 short years after this was resolved, and the nukes were removed. So I thank the stars that somebody took the balls and played the "who's going to do it first" game, and won. I honestly don't care the push that got us into Irag. The resolutions post the first invasion in order to cease fire were in place. We were never "out of war" with Iraq..only on hiatus as long as Saddam abided by the agreements. He did not. It's just that simple to me but since sooo much time has passed since then..people can't make the connection. So legally in my eyes we definetely were justified no matter what the new word on the street happen to be in order to try and gain public support and help them stomach it better. Morally should we of not? Probably since he really did not seem a true immediate threat, and we definetely had more time to deal with him than Kennedy did. Would of waiting made a difference? I doubt it. Saddam hadn't bothered to abide by the resolutions from the get go..what on earth would make anyone think that 13yrs later he suddenly would? And the number 1 big reason to go ahead and call him on the carpet? It isn't oil though making sure that the countrys dealing under the table with Saddam didn't get a monopoly on it was certainly a motivation but not the main. Iran is the #1 reason I see. To get a landing, and standing force in that theater as a hopeful deterrent or atleast slow down nuculear armanment of Iran so that we are not dealing with another North Korea to where we just have about zip, nada, bargaining ability beyond just pushing the damn button. Are we alittle more sane than extremists? I think so. I don't think we as a nation are hell bent on seeing the complete annihilation of a country of peoples. Any who..any president of any country with any ability to make some sort of world impact would most likely be able to be put in the same light: a threat to world peace during their time in the big house's. Well Wishes starshine Happy slave of Master Delvin
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