| Product: |
The War Against Terrorism |
| Date: |
07/05/02 (22 review reads) |
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Advantages: Doing good in Afganistan
Disadvantages: Should we wage war on Iraq?
I am uneasy about Americas plans for waging war with Iraq. Where is the proof that Iraq had anything to do with 9-11?
Is Iraq still a threat? We have Saddam so contained he can hardly move against the Kurds in his own country, and forget about invading Kuwait again. We have done a great job in Afganistan, and have disrupted the Al Queda network. But what has Iraq have to do with the war on terror? We are moving against Irag because of fears of nucular terror, but I am affaid that alot of Iraqi civilians will die, and suffer a great deal more than the Iraqi leadership. I would hate for Iraq to throw a bomb over here, but there has to be another way besides war. Why don't American and Iraqi officials get together and try to reason, because the last I heard, Iraq was willing to sit down and talk it out. I am affraid that the U.S is becoming a little to eager for war. Let us not forget that war is not a small thing, and should be more eagerly avoided. America can't change the world, because there will always be dictators, because that's the way of the world. If we go to war with Iraq we should have a good case against them, because I would hate to see more women and children die in Iraq for no good reason.
After Iraq, than whose the next war going to be with?
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- 10/05/02 Ceasefire also.....lol |
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- 09/05/02 Ceasefire. |
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- 08/05/02 Michael - I don't disagree with much of what you say here. My only point was that the US never promised to bring political stability to this region, and I believe that this region will never see stability because of the inter factional rivalry, cultural difference, corruption, and way of settling disputes which has gone on for centuries.
Your points about warlords, heroin etc etc, is exactly the point I was making.
The U.S action was aimed at disabling AlQueada militarily, not some kind of altruistic rescue mission for the Afghan people, whoever they are.This was never dressed up or hidden as anything else.
As for the Taliban, when they took over there is no doubt that they were a force for good, and their moral / religious standpoint against corruption and drug trafficking had to be a good unifying and nation building thing.
Unfortuna tely the Northern, Southern, and Eastern alliances didn't agree because they all had their own seperate agendas (political, religious and economic)and the Taliban themselves became as corrupt as every other Afghan government has, as well as being drunk on the application of their strict relgious code.
So what did they do? Did they argue politically and democratically to find a solution?
No. They fought each other with guns and rockets and with civilian attrocities on both sides, often changing alliances and allegencies overnight, as they always have done.
This is the point I was making and the evidence is there for all to see but you only want to howl me down, because fundamentally you believe that the US is the mother of all evil and everybody else is a victim.
As for what will happen next, I have been consistent throughout. The current Afghan government will be as bad as previous ones, the heroin trade will flourish again, and they will continue in a state of civil war and corruption for years to come, and I see no end to it. There is no point in blaming anyone else for this (either Bush or Bin Laden)because the Afghans have had hundreds of years to work out a peaceful way of living together and have consistently resorted to civil war. I cannot see an answer.
Which was my point.............. |
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