With the disclaimer that I don't favor a US invasion of Iraq without UN mandate, allow me to highlight a few things that jump out at me in SLO's post.
Originally posted by SLO
do I want Saddam out...you bet your bellybutton I do.
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Well, here's your chance. How about pushing for SADDAM to comply with the UN Resolutions he's ignored for the last 12 years.
How about CANADA stepping up on the world stage and saying, "hey, enough's enough; the Inspectors aren't there to disarm Iraq and play hide and seek. They're there to CONFIRM THAT IRAQ HAS ALREADY disarmed, as Iraq agreed to do. So any obstruction of Inspections will be considered cause to act. Let's put the responsibility for avoiding conflict right where it should be: on Iraq."
And any BS about "the Inspectors" not being obstructed right now this very instant is just that. EVERY time Blix comes to the UN he says he needs more "compliance".
BUT after 4 of my countrymen died from a MISTAKE(pilot on drugs)....makes me go Hmm.....do i really want 2....
And several of mine died to a B-52 JDAM when the wrong coordinates were sent after a battery change on the designator.
Two points. 1) The pilots weren't briefed on the Canadian exercise. That is a command and control function. It obviously had tragic results. However, if you're trying to make the case that only the US makes command and control errors......
Hate to be the one to point this out, but mistakes are made in every war. In fact, they're made in training exercises too.
2) "flying on drugs". Yes, basically speed. I think if you research you'll find every military has that in their "bag of tricks". Look how long the missions are/were in Afghanistan. If I'm not mistaken, speed for aircrews goes back to WW2 in most nations.
I'm sorry it happened. But it WAS an accident.
try korea....
Korea's being handled quite nicely, particularly given the way the UN is handling Iraq. Every day NK makes another boneheaded announcement that INSURES the UN will have to actually ACT.
Don't forget that the US forces in Korea serve under the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command. There's that blue flag that you all revere so much waving at the DMZ.
Sooner or later the ostriches of the Security Council are going to have to do something about NK.
All without the US saying or doing anything. Thus avoiding the "arrogant" and "unilateral" BS that we get pasted with all the time.
NK is alienating itself from the rest of world and managing that all by it's insane little self.
but again I say he has to go....what I sayin is your doin it the WRONG way!!!
There is no "right" way. However, you can sit around saying "he's got to go" for a long time. More than 12 years apparently. Sooner or later..... and it's "later" by anyone's measure...... you have to put up or shut up.
All that said, I'm not for a US invasion without UN mandate. I say bring all the troops home from the region and let the world keep the peace in the Middle East.
BTW, we get lambasted for the Palestine/Israel thing all the time too. Cod knows I'm not an Israel supporter but I do support their right to a homeland and I know they wouldn't have that if it were left to the rest of the world minus the US.
But what I want to know is... for all the criticism of US policy in Israel/Palestine, at least we have one and we're in there trying to make it better.
Where are the rest of yas? Don't hear much guidance given to Israel's Sharon or Palestine's Arafat from Canada. Did I miss it?
