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The
Diversionary War
February 12, 2003
By Casper
If you ask some people what their most recent memory is of
a president wagging the dog, they might say Bill Clinton trying
to avoid the Monica Lewinsky scandal. They completely ignore
the fact that he was trying to prevent genocide. Very few
have stopped to realize that we are on the threshold and about
to witness the biggest diversionary war in history. Unfortunately,
we may see a president that will start genocide. Sure,
it would be easy and simply say it's all about oil but it
is much more than that. Among the many reasons of his diversionary
war against Iraq:
- Dubya's failure to destroy Al Qaeda
- Dubya's failure to prevent the loss of 2 million jobs since
he took office
- Dubya's failure of keeping our national surplus and instead
nose diving us into deficit
- Dubya's failure to capture bin laden (dead or alive)
- Dubya's failure to strengthen our protection at home against
terrorism (believe it or not, there are still firefighters
in New York City without hazardous material suits that would
protect them from bio/chemical weapons)
- Dubya's failure to deal with bigger threats to our national
security such as North Korea.
- Dubya's failure in providing a stable post-war Afghanistan
The question is why Iraq and why now? Even if Saddam had
weapons of mass destruction, he would not use them against
his neighbors or us. How do we know? The Gulf War proved that
Saddam has the smarts not to use them for it would be the
end of his regime and life. He knows he can't even use them
on his own people in this post 9/11 world.
We keep hearing from our leaders that it's been 12 years
of deception and trickery. Isn't it logical to think that
he would have used them during the past 12 years if he really
intended on using them? To think he would sell them to terrorists
is ridiculous and far-fetched. Not only would terrorists use
the WMD against Saddam himself, it would be much easier and
cheaper for terrorists to send people directly to the States
to learn how to create bio/chemical weapons and use them rather
than risk the nearly impossible task of transporting WMD overseas.
If the Bush administration was really concerned about rogue
nations selling arms and WMD to terrorists, then he should
look no further than North Korea where there is evidence and
admission of selling arms to terrorist states like Yemen where
we had the USS Cole blown up in harbor.
Every reasonable person in the world would like to see Saddam
gone from power but all leaders must ask, "Does the costs
outweigh the benefits?" Yes, Iraq may benefit in the short-term
but if the Bush administration handles the post Iraqi war
like the post Afghan war or Gulf War, it would all be in vain.
People tend to forget (or were misinformed) why Al Qaeda,
not Iraq, attacked us in the first place. Our leaders say
it's because they are jealous and hate democracy. I can't
argue with that but that is not the main reason why Bin Laden
attacked. He attacked because we still had US soldiers on
Saudi Arabia soil after the Gulf War and this is a very important
factor that must not be forgotten. Not ONCE have I heard the
president of the United States bring this up. I can't say
why. Saudi Arabia has already announced that they will want
all US troops gone after the war if we invade Iraq. Perhaps
that might be in our best interests as well.
We can't predict the future but we can make a pretty good
estimation on what might happen if we do invade Iraq. We know
terrorist attacks will increase. We know Saddam will use chemical
or biological weapons if he has them and if he feels his back
is against the wall. This may force us to retaliate with the
same methods or worse, The Bomb. We know Saddam might become
a martyr, and that could be more dangerous than the position
he holds now. We know an aggressive move on our part may lead
other countries to justify their own wars, such as China taking
back Taiwan.
I would like to find just one success story from the Bush
administration before the end of his term. So far, the only
this administration's only accomplishments are instilling
fear into Americans and labeling anyone who questions the
motives of this executive branch as un-American. My only wish
is that we will return to the home of the brave, not the home
of the cowards.
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