Thread: Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/....us/index.html

They're moving missiles...

Shoudl we do something?

oh... so you think we should wait until he fires one? Good idea

It's not like the guy has a past or anything...

I don't know if we should attack or not (great openning huh?)

If we "know" that it's a biological weapons plant then perhaps there is justifacation, but you can't be upset by Iraq moving missles around. Every night for the past 4 months someone on a United States news channels, if not Bush himself has said that an attack on Iraq was going to happen. If that's not reason for Hussain to prepare what is?

I think increased diplomatic pressure (if that's possible) may be in order, but IF we commit to a fight we cannot afford to loose it. It very well could be do or die (or atleast an economic and repution crash). Therefore I'd prefer to wair for a more concrete threat to the US I'd rather hang back.

(and I know my spelling sucks)

Kermi3

CNN propaganda - nothing more, nothing less. Any missile equipped nation on the planet (including UK & US) regularly move such 'ordinance' around to evade detection.

Reporting it now and in that manner is nothing more than a stultifyingly dull attempt to manipulate (US) public opinion.

I think the diffrence here and the reason it is reported is because they are moving into a suspected bio weapons site.

Giving advance warning of an intent to strike sometime next year is nothing more nor less than an attempt to foment a popular uprising in Iraq; such threats are not directed at S.H. & his Republican Guard, but implicitly at the 'innocent' civilians of Iraq. ie if you don't rise up and overthrow him we are going to bomb the crap out of you.

Recent reports from iraqi civillians (but foriegn reporters) that if it ends the 20 years of war they'll take one more. Moreover, I think the announcing if nothing else forces SH to play Ragenomics. He is building up his forces and calling in the reserve \s, reports say that he is running out of cash quick.

Besides the point it isn't exactly US policy to bomb civilians, as i recall we are agienst SH not iraqi's we are supporting dozens of iraqi anti-SH groups.

>>Reagenomics<< What is it?

First of all it's misspelled...sry bout that....

Was the basic policy under President Reagan.....we spent a ton of cash developing forcing USSR to do the same...they went broke first and collasped...we win.

More spin. Regardless of the technological capability of accurately hitting targets, if the weapons used are tipped with U238 then the 'collateral damage radius' is considerably larger - and more persistent - than we would otherwise be lead to believe by the media.

Granted but I don't think the US intends to use nukes, especially first...if we do then my vote is NO hands down.

Do you forget that the CIA recruited, trained and supported Osama ibn Laden et al when it suited US foreign policy during the cold war? Do you also forget that when the Mujahadin openly rebelled in the early 1990's and looked like kicking SH & his republican cronies out that the US (and presumably UK) provided air cover for SH's ground troops? This isn't a criticism of US foreign policy: clearly the US must - and should - act in the best interests of primarily the US and secondarily its allies. Clearly it was decided that SH was preferrable to a fundamentalist Islamic regime - and recent history now demonstrates that the US may well have got that one right.

True but whereas Afganistan didn't have an economy to fall back on to develop a new government and economy after the cold war thus leading to bin laden etc, as long as there's oil Iraq does.

And either way I think we've gotten better at rebuilding and makin friends so in this case i would seriously consder taking the "Devil I don't know"

Originally posted by pode
i only had to read half of it to know its bull **** it's just one excuse to start a nother war.

dont u think?

**** yes. and i might add that it's not in us's best interest to attact sh, or should i use the more correct term, Iraq, becuase i don't think they are gonna have too many friends helping them fight the war against terrorism v. 2 because iraq hasn't harmed us in any way in recent history that gives them the opportunity to start a war and show off some military power. I know Canada isn't gonna be in it(not that u care anyways) because i know canadians are ****ing tiered of americans dropping bombs on us right after hitting us right accross the face with a 2x4 and giving us crap the detroit way

and after golfinguy, that was my two cents.

> because i know canadians are ****ing tiered of americans dropping bombs on us right after hitting us right accross the face with a 2x4 giving us crap the detroit way

Um... what?

ur not canadian, so i don't think youd understand the 2 by 4 part, but the dropping bomb and the getting crap from detroit should be known.