[b said:
Quote[/b] ]As for the scare tactics, I think its obvious just from you guys posting on this forum, he has managed to make you think you are in danger from Iraq, when Iraq has no history of Aggression towards the United States and has no real motive to attack us. That my friend is clear plain and simple scare tactics.
Gassing an entire village is scare tactics. Stating what you believe is truth, however, is not. If President Bush has reason to believe that there is a threat brewing in Iraq that has to be addressed, we may have to trust him whether we want to or not. He does have more access to information than we do afterall. There is something I see here that is very interesting. I remember shortly after the tragic events of 9/11, people were saying things along the lines of "Bush knew something was going to happen". Ok, now Bush is saying "I think something might happen here", and those same people are telling him not to do anything about it.
Furthermore, Iraq might not be a visible military threat to the US, but neither is Al Queda. You don't have to be a military threat if you can get a guy to blow himself up and take 60+ people with him. Isn't Saddam the guy who was paying the families of suicide bombers in Isreal a good sum of money for their actions?
Before I continue, I want to state that I'm pretty well on the fence on this issue, but I'm tired of a lot of the arguments that I'm hearing at these peace rallies that are full of holes. For example, the weapon of choice seems to be the "war for oil" line. Hey, if it was a war for oil, than why didn't the US seize control of it in 1991 when they had the chance? Weren't the protestors using the same line back then too? Also, what about the other countries that support the US? Does Britain want this oil too? What about Kuwait? I mean seriously, use your head!
Oddly enough, I seem to be thinking along similar lines of Eon. I don't like the way this was handled diplomatically. I think President Bush was too aggressive in the early stages, and didn't go to the UN until the Democrats started pressuring him to do so. I'm also worried about the fallout of the war. Will there be more terrorist attacks in the US, or against our buddies, the British? Or even my home turf of Canada?