Re: Hope for the US - 2004

Steve Hutton <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.cafe
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In article <[email protected]>,
Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> 
>   The idea of preemptive strike, if you can believe it, does worry me. I 
> blogged about this the other day. I don't think Iraq must set a precedent,

Most who opposed the war dis so *precisely* because it establishes the precedent
of preemptive strike.  In fact that was Bush's major justification for the
War - we must attack Saddam before he unleashes his great, powerful, hidden
arsenal of chemical and nuclear weapons upon us, which he could do at any
moment!  

The rest of the world naturally sees it as establishment of precedent, which
is why it was such a dangerous blunder.

> but if it does, I would be very concerned. Like many, including some in my 
> own party, I do not support an attack on Syria. Neither does President Bush, 
> it would seem, since reports from the Guardian suggest that the White House 
> nixed the Pentagon's plans.

The fact that anyone in a position of power in the US government is even
contemplating such a unilateral attack (and Rumsfeld has floated many trial
balloons) just demonstrates the foolishness of the administration's world view.

Steve


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