>And those ways have worked haven't they?
>
>No.

Yes, they were working. Inspectors
were even griping about the fact
that they had to leave Iraq because
the U.S. was going to invade.

>>Overwhelming evidence
>>suggests the inspections
>>were working just fine.
>
>And what evidence is this? Saddam decided to destroy a few
>missles once we put 200,000 troops in his backyard?

Bullshit. Hans Blix and the numerous
inspectors who were there argued that
the inspections were working just fine.

Were you there? I didn't think so.

>>What give the U.S. the right
>>or moral authority to invade
>>another country by force when
>>it poses absolutely no threat
>>whatsoever, to our safety?
>
>No threat whatsoever? you have got to be kidding me.
>
>Saddam Hussein gives millions of dollars to the families of
>suicide bombers, but you seem to be under the impression
>that this isn't supporting terrorism. You seem to be under
>the impression the he'd never give any chemical or
>biological weapons to terrorist groups because "they hate
>each other, Saddam isn't a religious leader". If they hated
>each other, and Saddam wasn't an Islamic extremist, or
>atleast a supportive of those who are, he wouldn't be giving
>millions of dollars to the families of Islamic extremists
>who blow up little children in Israel.

Umm, hello, I asked you what
threat Iraq poses to the U.S.,
I didn't say anything about
Israel. If Saddam is a threat
to Israel, let Israel fight
it's own damn battles.

We might recall the warning of
General Lee Butler, head of
Clinton's Strategic Command in
the early 90s, that "it is dan-
gerous in the extreme that in
the cauldron of animosities that
we call the Middle East, one na-
tion has armed itself, ostensibly,
with stockpiles of nuclear weapons,
perhaps numbering in the hundreds,
and that inspires other nations to
do so." He was referring to Israel.

The new inspectors have searched
hundreds of places all over Iraq,
and tested more than 300 chemical
and biological samples and found
absolutely no evidence that Iraq
possesses banned chemical, nuclear
or biological weapons. All the sites
that US intelligence said had weapons
turned out to be empty, and some of
the inspectors recently told CBS news
that the information they were getting
from the US is 'garbage.' The UN insp-
ectors said that the satellite images
that the US presented were worthless.

>Saddam is not only a threat to America, he is also a threat
>to the peace in the middle east. The same peace that Bush is
>trying to accomplish with the creation of a Palestinian
>state.

Quit being a numb skull and grow
up. Neither Bush nor anyone else
can CREATE a Palestinian state
except for the Palestinians them-
selves. Furthermore, Bush cannot
establish peace in the Middle East.
That is a goal that is to be acc-
omplished by those residing in that
region.

>It's also important to keep in mind, that the Bush
>administration gave Saddam several choices, several ways
>out..Saddam chose this war, not Bush.
>
>Look at the war right now on TV. What's going on? The US
>isn't mass bombing innocent civilians,

Heeeeeelloooooo, the war just
started.

When all was said and done after the
1990-91 Gulf War, nearly 200,000 cas-
ualties had occurred.

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The Rand (Paul or Ayn) philosophy, putting private property rights at
the same level of human rights, equates the status of things with the
status of human beings. If property is considered equal