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actually, if he gets away, we'll stop caring as public interest drops to nil. kinda like, i dunno, bin frikkin' laden.
and anthrax, while useful, isnt exactly a potent biological weapon. there are better viruses to put in a water supply, if you were to do that.
i]"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum ... you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"[/i] - Dirty Harry
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Quote:actually, if he gets away, we'll stop caring as public interest drops to nil. kinda like, i dunno, bin frikkin' laden.
and anthrax, while useful, isnt exactly a potent biological weapon. there are better viruses to put in a water supply, if you were to do that.
Antrax isn't a biological weapon, it's a non-contagious poison. Something like the smallpox virus would be a serious bio weapon. I'd hate to think of Saddam possessing that kind of sh*t. Whether he does or not, he certainly wants to...
Although like above, he'd have to be awfully stupid to actually use the stuff at this stage, with public opinion and the UN on his side.
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It's such an unfair game. I mean, who is really making money out of this? War industries in the U.S. are really going well and it wouldn't surprise me if they have been selling weapons to Saddam too, in the past. The whole thing is about money, with a thin layer of a moral excuse (ok, I have to admit that saddam really should go (and his look a likes: it would well be possible that some of them would take over power....these are speculations.....)). If the US wants to save the world from dictators, let's be honest:Irak is not the only place to remove them from. Besides, what is going to happen after saddam? another dictator, willing to cooperate with the US? Or how long will democracy stand??? Maybe a pessimistic idea, but it's hard to imagine democracy will really have a good start and progress.
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Quote:. Why didn't someone "sniped out" A.Hitler ?
Well, at least they tried...
Quote:My last question to those totally anti-war. How can the situation in Iraq/with Saddam be resolved peacefully?
That is a tough thing, if not impossible. I think the mentality and structures in the middle east are so different from the ones we have in the west that, even if you get rid of it's dictator, there will be a family member, or someone else, closely allied or opposing, waiting to grasp power. I'm not saying every chance is going tobe doomed, but such a scene is possible. I mean, how well is democracy working in afghanistan right now? It isn't a stabile regime. should the us get involved in this? it isn't a structural solution. A big deal of the problems in the world is about the division of people who have the money and power, and the ones who don't. I mean: the western world does not really trade fair, does it? And the worst is, most people know, but don't want to. And more worse is that it includes you and me.
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More than 20 innocent people have been killed in Iraq yesterday.
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Saddum may even be dead from the first strike.
o, let me get this straight. You want to fly on a magic carpet to see the King of the Potato People and plead with him for your freedom, and you're telling me you are completely sane?! -A.J. Rimmer
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Saddam will not get caught, and more and more innocent people will die. I don't know how you can be happy of bagdhad going down in flames. I don't know how anyone can be happy of people dying.
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I agree, but is there another way?
size=9]"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt[/size]
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Quote:More than 20 innocent people have been killed in Iraq yesterday
That is really sad news (not that it comes as a complete surprise to anyone) and I think that all people feels the same about that.
That's the worst part of a war, innocent people often dies. But never forget that some negetive effects may (always?) occur while moving towards a goal. The goal in this war is to remove Saddam and his goverment to free the world from Saddam's capabilities to use terror on the world and make a better life for the people of Iraq. If the war wasn't launched thoose innocent people wouldn't die, but perhaps 1000 other innocent people would been killed by Saddam and his goverment.
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Bill: A bit more sensitivity and respect is called for. Remember that most of the people in Bagdhad are innocent.
Same applies to all people posting here. People have given there lives already, so show respect.
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