| andy shooner
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03-21-2003 02:58 PM ET (US)
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I think we ought to stick to the facts on this list. I don't know whether the US gave saddam wmd. I wouldn't be surprised, but the fact is that none of us know. Also, we do not know the "collateral" damage in specific terms. It is not difficult to make the generalization that we are killing innocent people. To think otherwise is extremely naive.
I have been torn on whether the US is legit in its actions. I am still opposed to the way we went about doing it; I think that we could have worked a little harder at getting some popular support. But, life is not so simple. There is no right answer as to whether we're doing it for oil or freedom. It is both. The US is neither an altruistic superhero or a cold-hearted opportunist. True we went into kuwait to protect the oil. But we also went in to somalia, kosovo, and yugolsavia, without any natural resources at stake. Does this mean the future is assuredly bright for iraq? I don't know. The blakans seem to be a place of democracy these days. But regimes the US has set up also have a very nasty track record of becoming dictatorships.
I think the thing that does bother me is the fact that while i am very suspect of a any nation (especially my own) that seems to take part in naked aggression, I still am incredulous at the rest of the world's reaction. I respect the world opinion, and I think that it is extremely important. I just am amazed that the leaders in opposition to US involvment are all nations that are beneficiaries of just such US involvement within the last century. I mean, both the british and french would be speaking german right now if it weren't for the same type of action the US is now taking. (ok mabe a little extreme) So in summary, the US is foolishly not heeding the more cautious nations, who in turn are probably being too cautious for everyone's good. Personally I am against war in general, and don't think it is ever the best solution, but unfortunately that is not the way the wordl has worked so far.
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