This is an excerpt of a post I made to Profox on October 15, 2002. I thought
it would be appropriate to repost it now, as Americans may be gaining a slightly
different perspective of this war of late.

...(By) responding in kind to terrorist attacks, we are eating right out
of the terrorists hands. WE ARE RESPONDING EXACTLY HOW THEY EXPECTED AND
PLANNED FOR US TO RESPOND. They want to instigate instability around the
world and war, especially waged by a superpower, brings instability. 
With instability comes new opportunities for would-be evil powers to take 
hold.

We knew that a massive terrorist attack was coming, we know that another
one will occur one day, we know that our waging war against Iraq will do
NOTHING to thwart that. GWB took office looking for excuses to invade
Iraq, and is now taking advantage of the fear of the average American to
make it happen.

War is always more costly than peace. If we kill Saddam Hussein (along with
countless innocent Iraqis), we will have spent billions of dollars to cause
mass instability in an already instable region, causing a next generation
of pissed off people to make killing American's their life's work.
Remember, we used to be friends with Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.

When will the cycle stop? When all humans, everywhere, have been
exterminated? Or is it about time that someone makes an evolved choice and
says no to this continued, senseless, bloodshed.

© 2004 Paul McNett       [/Politics] permanent link