I'm agreeing with alot of Dr simon's views...
The problem is we're living in post sept 11 partoitic foaming at the mouth, "i'll believe anything" dogma..
What scares me is that the majority of poeple i know believe that Bin Laden was giulty of sept 11 (be it planning, giving the order etc) with out seing the evidence first hand.. there are now poeple who firmly believe the sadam is linked with al quida with out ever being shown the evidence... THis scares the living crap outta me. How can you accept all this purely at face value? and surely being a nation that's a becon of democracy, why the hell are you acepting secret government?
THe problem is that saddam hussien is one of our worst dictators, and i as an arab want him out. But i dont want "freedom" given to the iraqis at gun point by the american admin, who knew full well of what he was upto (as the poeple from amenesty interantional pointed out), but never had any PR ammo... now they do... The intrests of the US admin isn't "freedom" in anyshape or form... because if it was the sanctions wouldn't have been made so tight...
Oil: oil prices will RISE at the threat of war, but once you put in a docile easy to milk regime like saudi's (and I can tell you from poeple i've talked to, it's no better than saddam's).... THe US could stand to make a large amount of money from this venture, but as with all empires, although the pay of is good the bill is long and bloody..
Saddam can have his sanctions lifted, and he woulnd't be abel to do a thing, as he knows, he would face and an unequal return of force... he was told this when he REALLY had WMDs at the start of the gulf war...
I'm sorry I haven't read all the pages, and i haven't had time to make a more coherent argument... I'll be back to check this out... as for now, I've got more f-ing anatomy work to do...