RE: Peace Protestors

“If Saddam is let off the hook there could be whole lotta troubles with all kinda other rogue nations trying to tweek the lion’s tail.”

What hook? His crime was the invasion of Kuwaite. He was driven out and has been the subject of sanction for over 10 years. Is that not punnishment enough?

“Given French record in Africa & Mid-East,…”

The English record and the US record in Africa and the Mid East is not better.

US concerns about the plight of the Iraqi people can be compared with those of the French.

I don’t see the connection between Saddam and “far greater bloodshed around the world.”

If brutal military force is the answer, why wasn’t it the answer for the Soviets or the British in Afghanistan or for the Americans in Vietnam or the UN in Korea.

Why isn’t it the answer in North Korea?

Surely the criminal trial and bombing campaign in Kosovo would have had a similar effect, or the regime change in Afghanistan… yet they don’t seem to have effected North Korean Policy. The Israelis and Palestinians still are not friends. Iran, Libya, Cuba have not “reformed”.

If you think the way Saddam is dealt with… whether he is killed or he survives in power, will have any effect on the list of bad guys the US likes to compile then you are wrong.

“Lets not forget civilians died in NY on 9/11 too. “

And look at how they go on about it. Saddam was not responsible for any of those deaths but he is a nice obvious target that the US thinks is weak…. can’t get Bin Liner… get Hussein instead.

“My only regret is that the party that stands to gain most from the Iraq-war…”

More likely Bush thinks it is his only chance for a second term… What other progress in the war on terror has there been?