Much of the bickering, as you put it, comes from the fact that a member of the UN security coucil, who happens to have a veto right, also happens to be French, and is imposing the "beatnick" approach, as is his right.
Otherwise, I'm glad to see you (Phreenet) unsderstand clearly both sides, but I'm sorry that you've chosen the side of war.
Zoson (or Aeknor?), I think no one will argue that Saddam has malevolent intentions, but the extension of it can be argued to no end. He attempted to invade Kuwait, 12 years ago, but other than that, and mistreating his own people, what has he done?
As for being a threat, certainly he is, but to what extent, is what we don't really know. So he fired a short range missile (this morning): he's still allowed to have those, as long as the range doesn't exceed 90 miles (see UN security council resolution 1441).
A funny bit: my stepdaughter is afraid that the NASA center here in Houston will be attacked with a nuclear warhead...:shrug: I wonder where she picked that up at?
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