In The News Today…

Ok people, lets take a look at this. It’s 1400 now, I’ve been in the office since 0800. So I’ve been watching the news etc. for like 6 hours now.

Here are the topics of discussion that have been featured in the news over the past 6 hours:

1. Saddam is putting explosives in Kirkuk on oil fields (but why? He said he’d never blow up Iraqi oil as he wouldn’t want to take away from the Iraqi people or something. Bottom line is the man is a liar)

2. An Iraqi defector reports that chemical weapons are going to be used by Saddam (there is a lot more to this actually, sory you don’t get to know 😀 ).

3. Chemical cluster bombs are found in Iraq (but they wre all destroyed! Did the inspectors plant them?).

4. Chirac says that Iraq is not being cooperative or compliant with 1441 (more on this in a minute).

Ok. From those above statements, the case for war, or at the very least a new resolution providing for the threat of war, would seem justified, yes? Especially when combined with the events of the last 12 years.

Now. As for Cheezrat (Chirac). Why in the world, given all of the above, INCLUDING his own statements, would he want to veto a new resolution? And he said he’d do it “No matter what”!!! Then he starts talking about how US trade sanctions would make no sense. I disagree. They’d make a lot of sense. Payback for all of this crap and the stunt they pulled back in 1986. Remember that?

Now, on that note, what do Libya and Iraq have in common? Anyone? How about…the Mirage F-1. That’s right, there have been seized shipments of Mirage F-1 parts (among other things) being smuggled into Iraq (or trying to be, as they were intercepted). They came from a legitimate French dealer. French. Knowingly supplying Saddam Hussein with weapons to kill Americans. Same with Libya, although Qadaffi was nowhere near as belligerant. Regardless, both incidents-we can’t support the enemy of our best friend, who is our buyer. Put that on the French flag. Regardless, I think economic sanctions should be a great idea, and there is already congressional legislation being looked at for just that. To the extent of complete cut-off of trade for a short period, depending on which version wins.

Anyway, I fully expect about 100 anti-war responses to this thread. If anyone wants a serious discussion, I’ll give it a shot to the best that I can, given my unique knowledge of the situation but…er…”limited distribution capability”. One or two of you will get that one.