[P1] Sig rules?

[Paul Bernhardt]

Dale Critchley said on 3/24/03 8:54 PM:

>Bullies? How many times has Iraq attacked us? 

Exactly and precisely Zero times, at least, if we are talking about 
attacking the Mainland US, or territories, or even our soverign ships at 
sea.

>How many terrorists has Iraq
>spawned? 

Unknown, but it is a near certainty that Saddam's government had 
absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 and Al Quaida. Yes, they approved of 
the attack, but they didn't have anything to do with it. 

>On 9/11/01, Pres. Bush said he'd stop terrorists and those who
>support them. 

And, if he had the first shred of evidence that Saddam's government 
supported terrorists currently, I'd be much more willing to accept our 
pre-emptive action. But, the evidence is non-existant.

>Everyone supported him. Now he does just that, and *HE* is the
>bully? I'd say the cowards who slammed planes into the towers, the Pentagon,
>and the Pennsylvania countryside (headed for D.C.) are the bullies, who hit
>unsuspecting victims and made sure they weren't around to face the
>consequences.

We attacked Al Quaida's hideouts and organizational structure in 
Afghanistan, and the government there which aided and abetted their 
actions. I was supportive of the actions in Afghanistan (though I was 
skeptical that they would be successful in actually destroying 
AlQuaida.... though I think it was fairly successful) because of the 
unambiguous evidence of connection to the 9/11 attacks. 

If we wanted to identify the one nation with the will, desire, and 
ability to strike the US with a weapon of mass destruction, it would be 
North Korea. North Korea has played Bush's obsession with Iraq for huge 
benefit. By the way, we are technically still in a state of war with 
North Korea. The only reason we are not fighting is a well recognized 
cease fire there.

Paul