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Originally Posted by ItalianStereotype
we already know its going to be a quick war with minimal casualties, iraq is NOT a militarily significant power.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think oue own U.S. generals are torn over this notion. What makes you so confident? I genuinely would like to know, and any sources you can provide would be appreciated.
Baghdad is a city of roughly 5 million people. That's JUST Baghdad. You think casualties will be low when trying to find a needle in a hay stack???
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i think it has also already been stated that some 36 billion dollars are going towards rebuilding both afghanistan and iraq, i simply dont see why you are so worried about this war.
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Well, if war in general dooesn't at least disturb you
slightly, then you are certainly a better man than I....
Again, please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't most of Afghanistan still a warzone? How many of those "liberated" people are going to see that money? How much is that money in relative terms, taking our GNP compared to other nations (I mean, in terms of what nations such as Canada and England are giving)...?
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do you want to appease saddam? bolster his iron grip when we can see it slipping? diplomacy has already failed and it is the UNs fault, that is including the US.
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I'm glad you can at least conceed that America had a role in this failure, but I think it's language like the stuff you justed used that greatly led to diplomatic failure. "Hussein is Hilter, and today in the UN was Munich." This kind of sensational language makes it hard to seriously discuss OTHER diplomatic options, don't ya think???
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in fact, diplomacy at this point is only endangering our soldiers even more. while france and germany try to bog the US down with procedures and red tape saddam is busy moving missiles westward to launch at israel and preparing artillery to assault the kurds in the north and the kuwaiti border in the south. so please, enlighten me as to how you see this "problem"
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Does it strike you as shocking that the man will become hostile and desperate??? Most CIA intelligence up to even about a week ago has practically guaranteed this kind of behavior. Is it "diplomacy" that has Saddam mobilizing, or is it perhaps the heavy mobilization being conducted by both the U.S. and Britain that has him fortifying his borders...? Lets be fair about this, the whole time "diplomacy" HAD been relevant, there were guns and planes aiming at Iraq. Some say THAT is what has caused Saddam to become more compliant with inspections. They may be right. However I feel it should be acknowledged that the influx of weapons and troops into the Middle East over the past few weeks only proves that America was never truly interested in diplomacy.