Beagle92
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Location: Green Bay, WI
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 Regarding the lively discussion on Iraq:
I agree with most people in that every possible peaceful means to end the problem with Iraq should be sought. But there must be an endpoint. The disagreement is in where that endpoint lay. The difference between the United States and the allies which oppose military action isn't just ideology, it's also a matter of security. Sept. 11 has shown us that the U.S. is a prime target for terrorists and rogue nations and that it is vulnerable. If the U.S. government has evidence that Iraq is an imminent threat then military action is necessary, U.N. be damned. For reasons of security (for instance, keeping our foreign intelligence agents and intelligence aquisition methods safe) I do not expect my government to disclose everything it knows about what is going on in Iraq. The idea that we want the oil is ridiculous. Did we assume control of Kuwaiti oil after we liberated them? The Bush administration has decided that, in a post 9/11 world, the Iraq problem must be dealt with swiftly. We can no longer sit on our hands and wait for the problem to go away. It is time to take the bull by the horns. Saddam Hussein is a sadistic dictator who has been terrorizing his people and playing with the world for 12 years. Moreover, the anti-war activists have been playing right into his hands. Saddam is the Joseph Stalin of our time. We've sent our own troops to protect Kuwait, Kosovo, South Korea, South Vietnam, Somalia, etc. This time it is to protect ourselves.
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