war on Iraq?

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Originally posted by Rudey
The Palestinian problem is the biggest horse arab nations have to ride.

When Iraq feels threatened, what does it do?
It sends $25,000 to the family's of suicide murderers and then goes and complains to the UN about those nasty little sanctions that leave its people poor...all the while there are 5 year olds raised in the west bank talking about how great Saddam is.

Well, if I just received $25,000 (USD) because my family member killed Israeli infidels. I would think Saddam Hussein was pretty great too.

When Iran feels threatened what does it do?
It sends millions of dollars in illegal weaponry to Hamas and Hizbollah and sets up camps all across the middle east for training to spread its influence even deeper.

The funny thing is that Hamas and Hezbollah are sections of the Muslim Brotherhood and are responsible for building schools and hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. That sets them apart from other terrorist orgs such as Al Qaeda which have no humanitarian front.

When Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, and Pakistan feel their dictatorial and brutal regimes are threatend what do they do?
They have words of hate broadcasted throughout mosques and schools (as if there was a difference). It is this hate that makes the people forget about their own troubles.

Very much like the tactics of the KKK, the nazi party, Stalin, and most every other dictator who has ever lived.

And what about Arafat, what does he do when he feels threatened?
Arafat steals from his people and tells them it's the Israelis that are keeping them poor. Arafat invites Iran to send millions of dollars to the PA where 50% goes to him, 25% goes to his other cronies in the terrorist Palestinian Authority, and the remaining 25% go to weaponry the likes of which was found on the massive Karine A ship. But hate alone won't keep people quiet you see. So he gives Hamas and the Islamic Jihad free reign. They distribute food purchased with their own terrorist funds to buy the loyalty of the Arabs. When Arafat is feeling threatened about where his people's loyalty is, he sanctions terrorist actions through his own paramilitary, Fatah. Currently Arafat alone is worth $1.3 BILLION (US dollars).

Ahh, Arafat is getting old and soft, he won't be around much longer. I worked with Palestinians this summer who said that his control over Palestine is slipping.

So what should America do?
Topple Iraq's government and install a democratic government that is non-violent and finds no need to rely on hate. Tell the EU, Russia, and China to put up or shutup - it is their meddling in the region that is causing a lot of the problems. Iran's will fall on its own and might need some pushing to bring it about but it's already on the verge of collapse. The rest of the middle east is also just as unstable as Iran.

That's approach is simplistic at best and violating international law at it's worst. You may be able to get by under the "Torture Treaty" (I don't remember the full name of the treaty) but it was hard to justify trying Pinochet, it'll be harder to justifiy killing Hussein.

-Rudey
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