If Iraq is so dangerous.....

[ygsmilo]

Because it would be a slaughter,,,, and that don't play good in the press.

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by Cobra
Midnight,
I believe DMF and Keiren answered your question.....

Or did you really want an answer?

Cobra

I think they are good answers too Cobra, but morally bankrupt.

For instance, if we had the power and the knowledge to stop Hitler  prior to WW2, why wait for public opinion or allies to agree with us? Once again, if Saddam is the person painted by the Bush administration as dangerous and sadistic then what are we waiting for? If on the other hand, he is just another bad guy to be dealt with in the court of public opinion then why the hyperbole?

[Hortlund]

Originally posted by midnight Target
OK Udie, but ....

doesn't really answer the question. What are we waiing for?

The end of the Moslem hollidays "Ramadan" or whatever its called. Bad PR to start a war against a moslem country in the middle of their hollidays...its not cricket apparently.

After ramadan, Christmas. Although this is less certain. There could be enormous PR advantages of having a war over Christmas.

Reporter-
"This is Wolf Blitzer from an undisclosed location in southern Iraq. Here at the front our brave troops celebrate Christmas."

Cut to pictures of US soldiers in the desert with a small plastic Christmas tree and hundreds of thousands of small packages labeled "To any US service member" sent in from various US citizens. Camera pans to the right where 3 US Soldiers in Desert camo are standing beside a machine gun.

Reporter-
"How does it feel to celebrate Christmas thousands of miles from home?"

US Soldier-
"We are here to get the Job done, and we are doing this so all of you at home can celebrate Christmas in peace."

US soldier nr 2-
"Let me just say hi to my girlfriend back home. Hi Shelia, I  love you baby, be good now."

US Soldier nr 3-
"Hi mom."

Reporter-
"I think I speak for all Americans when I say God bless you all, and God bless our wonderful nation."

Cut to picture of American flag waving over the desert. Camera pans to the right and zoom in on two F-16 fighters taking off.

Reporter-
"Two F-16 Falcons are taking off to strike at an Iraqi troop concentration south of Baghdad. While it may be Christmas back home, for the guys in 336th tactical fighter wing, it is just another day of war. This is Wolf Blitzer for CNN."

Yeah, my bet is that war is coming before Christmas eve. There is some excellent PR points to score.

[Curval]

We are waiting to see the Iraqi response to the new "tough" resolution that France and Russia okayed.  Bush isn't stupid enough to not get the support of the surrounding Arab nations as well.

Then there will be about 4 or 5 months of Sadaam playing "Cat and Mouse" with the inspectors when they arrive in Iraq.

Then, when even the Security Council finally wises up and realises that Sadaam is not going to comply the shooting will start.

Patience MT....patience.  

[Eaglecz]

actualy i did read news paper few days ago...

something about ... americans are interesting in buying Iraks oil... because Europians already do ...


muihehehehe i say that all the time .. money are No.1 guys, not terrorist  

[Kieran]

I see it this way, MT... jumping in too soon, especially when so close to multi-national support, runs the risk of creating more problems down the road. Osama bin Laden is a byproduct of the first Gulf War, no?

[funkedup]

Originally posted by midnight Target
What the heck are we waiting for?

Really! Why wait? We are bad mofo's when it comes to military power, and have had no problem in the past doing what needs to be done. If Saddam is really that bad, we ought to be squashing him now! Right?

Why risk all those lives and spend all that money when we can just bluff him into complying by acting tough?  And what better time to bluff than after we have been pissed off by an attack on our soil and crushed the government and terrorist organization responsible for those attacks?

[Eaglecz]

Kieran
 
 
official reason to create Al quaida was to force Americans army leave ME.... and they did many attacks agains military targets in the pass..... but they did ignore them....
and because normal american attitude is to be an "arogant,ignorant" i guess it will take some time untill they will start to think about them self

[AKIron]

What makes him so dangerous? Oh yeah, all those nasty gasses, germs, radioactive materials and willingness to use them whenever it's convenient.

How about if he's willing to let us see for ourselves that he doesn't have any as he says he doesn't then we leave him alone. But if he's lying and not willing to abide by the terms of his surrender back in '91 then we just go in and finish the job.

All in due time. What's yer rush?

[Sikboy]

I don't know which is sillier, TahGut contradicting his views for the sake of a troll, or so many people striking on it

-Sikboy

PS: TahGut, send me an email

[AKDejaVu]

Nothing was going to happen prior to October due to the fiscal cycle.  Most units go pretty broke in September... and the new fiscal year starts in October.  Traditionally, I think you'd find most occurances starting in the November/December/January time frame.

Its entirely possible that things aren't nearly as complex as some would make them out to be.

AKDejaVu

[Dead Man Flying]

Originally posted by Sikboy
I don't know which is sillier, TahGut contradicting his views for the sake of a troll, or so many people striking on it

Hence my mentioning that the due process route was advocated by people on this forum.  

-- Todd/Leviathn

[ygsmilo]

Remember Midnight,,, the greatest victory is the battle you never have to fight.

[Dago]

when we can just bluff him into complying by acting tough

If you think Bush is bluffing, you may be in for one heck of a big surprise.  He is not bluffing, he will order an attack if all else fails to guarantee that Saddam Hussien offers no danger to the USA through development of weapons of mass destruction.

I dont think Bush, or most people fear Hussein sending a plane or missle at us with a bomb aboard, but I think most realize he could easily supply terrorists with the weapons they could use to cause mass destruction and death.  (biological, chemical, nuclear)

I realize I risk being called an alarmist, or a gullible follower for accepting that there are people out there like Hussein that wish to do us harm.  You might choose to believe that this kind of attack on us won't happen. Feel free to believe that if you choose.

But...

I remember September 11, 2001.  

dago

[johnathanh18]

I think we should bluff him into showing his face and kill him.  it would solve the problem for good.


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