Xah Lee's Unixism

[Chuck Dillon]

Coby Beck wrote:

>>
>>And, of course, entertaining the possibility that his agenda is just
>>what he says it is, is completely out of the question.
> 
> 
> Not out of the question, be obviously untrue.

Again, I'll point out that it is naive to put this entirely on the 
administration.  We're in Iraq because we effectively declared war. 
The dance with the U.N. went on for some 3 months.  It was clear where 
we were headed.  Our congress, including Kerry and all of the others on 
the Democrat side, stood their ground.  They didn't revoke the 
declaration.  They didn't even have debates on the subject.

If you condemn Bush on going into Iraq you condemn Kerry who stills 
says it was the right thing to do.  His issue is with the details and 
like most political rhetoric is mostly spin to underscore the negative 
and downplay the positive.

While we're at it, you might also consider a more strategic view of why 
we went to Iraq.  Publicly, all you are going to hear is glowing words 
about the long term benefits of bringing democracy to the middle east. 
  But that's only part of it and the governments, as well as religious 
leaders, in the middle east know it.

If what you write below is what you really believe you aren't thinking 
you are just regurgitating what you hear from those you listen to the most.

-- ced

> 
> "We must invade Iraq to remove the threat of a madman with WMD"
> --> Inspectors were inside Iraq looking already.
> --> N. Korea was boasting about its nuclear program and firing
>     test missles all over the place.
> --> Not a stick of said WMD has been found since invading.
> 
> "We must save the Iraqi people from a ruthless dictator"
> --> since Hussein is just one of scores of such monsters and Iraq
>     was the country chosen, this can not be the reason.
> 
> "We must fight terrorism"
> --> The hunt for Osama, known to be NOT IN Iraq was practically dropped
>     to invade Iraq.
> --> Everyone outside of the Fox news network knows there was never any
>     link from Iraq to Osama.
> --> Terrorism is now a big problem in Iraq where it was not before.
> 
> 
> 


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Chuck Dillon
Senior Software Engineer
NimbleGen Systems Inc.