Originally posted by hazed-
well i respect your veiws and all but I firmly believe, either incorrectly or not that Blair is of the opinion that this man Saddam is the biggest threat to western society. To me he seems more a concerned head of our countries security than some kind of oil game player.Blair was in no fear of losing the next election (when it would have come and there was no election on the immediate horizon threatening his position).From a UK citizens point of veiw Blair is in fact risking his entire future on this war.
The political opersition to Blair and the labour party is practically non existant,The conservative party are a joke. So you have to ask yourself why he would risk everything when there was just oil involved.He risks losing the next election now even if the war is won AND they find the weapons of mass destruction.
The British are notorious for voting in a change of government even after a victorious war.Im sure Blair must be fully aware that his image in the eyes of the British public has now been completely changed. I know it sounds rediculous to say but I trust the man.He has a family and I think he would think of his childrens future. I dont think he wanted this war anymore than any of us but he is aware of more than us im sure.For him to risk so much, well for me its telling me to listen and to listen NOW.
true the terrorists will seek revenge.Im damn well sure they will and i dread it as well all should BUT they sure wont have the funding to opperate at such high levels as they are presently receiving from Saddam.I say strike first and rid the world of his fanatical regime.I make this decision on the information I have received from my elected government who i trust(somewhat instinctively I admit but something is telling me Blair is right).I only hope its a trust well founded.
As for Bush I wasnt certain of his motives and remain uncertain but if Saddam is produciing these weapons and on a scale that only an entire country can produce I can certainly understand the desire not to wait for everyone to stop flapping their arms around.
I suspect he is as forced into action as Blair.They know Saddam is doing what they accuse him of and they know theres precious little time to do it before they are used on our countries.At least I hope that is the reason.Again its based on a trust we are being told the truth.If it turns out we are being lied to then what will it say about our systems of government? A huge risk indeed and i hope Bush is sencere.
Ok, one big problem for me is that US government said they had huge prove that Saddam has lots of WMDs and other weapons he wasn't aloud to possess.
The Inspectors have run north and south, to the east and to the west. They couldn't find anything. With all the intelligence, spy satelites, human spys US had, the inspectors couldn't find anything?
This is not a country like Vietnam, it's flate like a table, no vegetation, just dessert, wouldn't it be well worth the time to led the inspectors finish their job instead going to war with thousants dying?
Was US government really interested in disarming Iraq?
Did they lie in the face of the world all the time when they told it they were? Was the plan right from the beginning to go to war with Iraq?
Are many in the current US government former oil guys?
Did the oil industry provide election of Bush with 50 million dollar?
Did US government changed their goals for this bloody war every second day?
Blitz
