[airspirit]

Hey, everybody hates Nazis! That's what I'm talking about. They are the ones that "represent" the right in the minds of the Europeans.

Have you watched our news? Our news, papers, magazines, and pop culture is fawning over the "war protesters" on a daily basis. For every voice that is pro-war, there are ten that are anti-war, unlike the population, which is at least 60% pro-war. Don't give me the "media propaganda" BS because it is incorrect. Watch CNN if you want good examples of what I'm saying.

Honestly, I support the effort. If you are against war, would you rather that butcher stay in power over there and continue his campaign of murder?

It really comes down to this: if you are anti-war, you are pro-Saddam, because without war, he is going to continue on his happy killing spree.

As far as proof, I don't care about the al Qaeda connection one bit. I care about the illegal weapons that we KNOW he has. How do we know? Because we SOLD HIM THE COMPONENTS years ago before these sanctions went into place. The fear of the French and Russians is the one thing that the US is being accused of: oil. France is making massive amounts of money on Iraqi oil RIGHT NOW, and is owed large sums by Saddam's regime. If he goes, it will be a blow to the French economy and government. Similarly, the Russians are afraid that if the sanctions are lifted and Iraqi oil flows again (which it should, so the Iraqi people can benefit from the wealth of their nation that is currently being held from them), the price of a barrel of oil will fall below $18, making their oil wells unprofitable.

Don't give me the pro-war propaganda line unless you know all the issues involved. This man has had 12 YEARS to disarm, and he hasn't. Don't you think that it is about time something is done? How long can we give him till Next Month [tm] before we do something?

Honestly, terrorism links don't matter. We'll be helping the people in that nation by getting him out. Only the most dense would disagree with that. The US is going to do this whether the rest of the world agrees or not ... in the end, since we have to babysit everyone else, it is only right that we take care of our issues as well.

Personally, I wish we would just recall our troops, put them on our borders, and let the rest of the world go to hell, but being the greatest nation on earth has its responsibilities, I suppose, like helping rescue and rebuild France and Germany during WW2 so they can spit on us, right?