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Originally posted by Munchkin03
That's one of the best questions I've seen posted on this thread. I've wondered that myself, especially since we're the only one in history to use nuclear warfare...not once, but twice. AlphaSigOU brought up a lot of points that I wasn't aware of. I just wish he would pronounce the word "nuclear" right, too.
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Whoops! Did I mispronounce it?
Thanks for the heads-up.
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Not every Iraqi was celebrating on September 11...to say that because ONE group of people (there could have been more, we don't know) was celebrating is as preposterous as saying that all Americans were sitting in front of their TVs crying (because I know for a fact that all Americans were devastated). Because of that one group, Iraqis don't have civil liberties? 
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Unfortunately, that's the misinformation that many Americans are led to believe.
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I wholeheartedly support the troops forced to fight in this war, despite the fact that I don't support the war nor do I support the man in charge of this whole deal. None of them wants to be there, it is their job and duty to this country--and they are serving valiantly and we should be proud of them.
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I don't particularly like getting into a war unless we have a very clear-cut objective. We're rushing headlong into the abyss if we're not careful. Those empty shells found by UNSCOM may have been a plant to incite the drums of war in America by the Iraqis.
Both sides are itching for an a**-kicking contest, and neither side is giving up ground. Get ready for a knock-down-drag out fight in the streets of Baghdad -- I hope all that MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain -- a fancy name for house-to-house combat) training our guys have gone through help them out - we certainly don't need another Mogadishu on our hands.
Mobile 'Scud'-busting (by A-10s and F-16s) didn't work very well in '91. (You had to catch 'em just at the point they were about to launch to wipe 'em out.) Maybe our improved Patriot missiles can do a better job. But they're not a cure-all either.
My thoughts and prayers to the men and women serving our country in this time of crisis.