Well, I can see your point, but Sadaam isn't going on a conquest here,
taking over other countries.  If what I've heard is right, he's having
enough problems keeping a hold of his own.  When he dies,  so will his
regime, as is usually the case with dictators.

True, we don't have to go with the world at large, but we cannot afford to
stand alone, in my opinion, especially as the economy becomes more global
and what one country does will affect others.

I don't have any answers, either, and like you, I'm just a lowly peon (used
to be a civil servant as a matter of fact). but can tell you from my
Anthropological studies that when cultures change,  the repercussions are
overwhelming and so eventually affects more than just the culture itself.
Same thing with everything else that changes in life.  We need to be very
very careful and consider the consequences globally.

Kat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: Can't stand it anymore....


> you have allready saw that i do not know what the answer is, but, if we
are
> wrong, it does not matter that we had the worlds backing. if we are right,
> it does not matter that we do not have the worlds backing. failire to act
in
> the past allowed hitler to kill 6 million people. i do not know what the
> right answer is, but world backing does not decide what the right answer
is.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trisha Cummings
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: 8/29/2002 3:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Can't stand it anymore....
>
> Hi Kat,
>
>    I agree with you. Frankly since we don't have the world's backing -
> this
> makes us a Rogue nation and we tend to take a hardline with those - as
> long
> as its not us. I may be way off base but it could well trigger something
> much bigger and nastier than we truly want. My Dad - long time military
> guy
> - is against it also -
>
>                                           Trisha
>
>
> > OK, I may not get many people happy with me for saying this, but I
> don't
> > think
> > it's the smartest move, making a move on Iraq without Sadaam moving
> first.
> > We
> > ended the war in the Persian Gulf back in 1991 and to go back there
> now,
> > 10
> > years later and strike at them without provocation is not terribly
> smart,
> > in
> > my opinion.  I'd be very surprised if we weren't called into the World
> > Court
> > at The Hague and not charged with war crimes for it.
> >
> > To the rest of the world it's irrelevent whether Bush I finished the
> job
> > or
> > not.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> > On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:29:20 EDT "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >     Yeah. I believe that George II feels if he
> > > can't get Osama, he'll finish
> > > what George
> > > I did not. Seems like we will really piss the
> > > Muslim world off more than we
> > > have already. That is not bad in itself, but we
> > > will not stick around to
> > > finish the job.
> > >
> > > Bobby
> > > >Yes, it does. I appreciate kyle letting us
> > > know.
> > > >I need to call my brother to see if the
> > > reserves are getting ready for
> > > >more
> > > >call ups. Of course many time he can't tell
> > > me.
> > > >
> > >