Rather than snipe at you, let me just say it's nice to hear someone
that's willing to look at the situation with reason and logic, rather
than just tow the line.
I wonder if more nations would have been willing to support the US's
action in Iraq had it given its justification honestly rather than make
up claims that were utterly weak.
Honesty, what a concept.
Jim
On Oct 22, 2003, at 4:54 PM, Seth Dillingham wrote:
> The US needed a base of operations in the Middle East to
> "project power" into the region. Where else could they have
> gone? Kuwait's the only country that would have allowed them to
> increase their presence without an invasion, but it's not strategic
> enough for the rest of the region, and is way too small.
>
> Consider everything the US government does, especially militarily,
> through the lense of counter-terrorism. The current "war"
> in Iraq isn't a war at all, it's just one front in the global war (at
> least, as the US seems to see it).
>
> Anyway, I'm not making all this stuff up myself. There are lots of
> intelligence-analysis services (NOT news services) that publish
> freely-available reports on a regular basis. My favorite is Stratfor
> <
http://www.stratfor.com/>.
