Hiya Steve!
Am I convinced?
The tough questions are always the short ones.
Am I convinced Saddams a threat? Oh yah.
Am I convinced we should go to war? Yup. With the French.
Am I convinced we're doing the right thing?
No.
Nobody ever mentioned a third alternative.
How 'bout we make ourselves harder targets.. Saddam will go for the Isralis, the isralis take out saddam, the arabs try to take out the isralis, the mid east turns into a glow in the dark amusement park for sceintists.
everybodys happy.
I suspect we don't have to do a damn thing. We sure as hell don't have to guard the worlds oil.. we can invade canada instead.
Lets save the bullets for France.
I'm getting selfish in my old age. And succeptible to strong reasoned arguments that deal less with emotion and more with cause-effect and rational application of power and resources.
Which is all entriely un-fun. I happen to enjoy the emotional plea, replete with waving flags and amazing grace playing in the background. I'm a sap. I've always been a patriotic emotional sap, the suit is warm, comfy, fits the shape of my soul.
I think Toad's postion in Rudes thread is the finest application of pique and power and rational swordwork I've ever read.
And, I think your case shows up all the reasons why I think we oughta go snuff saddam asap.
But at the end of the day, the little voice in the back of my mind screams "smoke a fattie hang, and let the world go diddly itself into oblivion".
That little voice keeps me sane.
All! and thanks for the reasoned debate!
