[Iron_Ranger]

Originally posted by Animal: It's a bit of a stretch to say that an invasion of Iraq by the US is considered self defense. I dont think its a stretch at all. I doubt Iraq could ever pose a direct threat to the US. Sure he could sell WoMD to someone who may, but then anyone could. Anyone could yeah. But really think about it for a second. No one else really would. Who? Israel? Britian? France? None of those countrys are too likley to sell terrorist groups WOMD. However, Saddam has been known to gladly offer things to terroist groups. We commit ourselves to the UN because we are a part of the UN, whether that be good or bad. We can't choose what UN decisions we'll abide by and which ones we don't. If the US feels that the UN is useless, that it needs to look at withdrawing from it. So what your saying is we should we blindly follow the UNs descions? Why is it Ok to do that but not blindly follow Bush? Not that I am saying thats what I do, but right wingers seem to get accused of that an awfully lot. We hope to disarm Saddam with resolutions and increased pressure of war. Sure it may not work, but all possible peaceful solutions need to be exhausted before opening that can of whoop ass. Its MHO that they have been exhausted. They were exhausted with resolution 17. If you disagree, thats cool. But I have to ask? Where do you draw the line? 20? 30? 40? War may be a quick solution, but it's not really the smartest. If the US and Britain invade Iraq under the flag of disarming Saddam's WoMD, and Saddam does in fact have active WoMD, do you think he would hesitate to use them on British and US forces? I think not. It would be in the US's best interest to allow weapons inspections to run their courses if only for the intelligence that would be gathered. To find yourself storming accross the desert only to be confronted by a dozen SCUD's loaded with chemical and biological warheads would be a really bad scene.[/QB]

I heard thats its been underated on how British and American equiment is (!!). Hard to believe, but according to some Military anylist, anti chemical and biological suits have been tested throughly agaisnt Anthrax and nerve gas, and they have succeded. Whether you believe it or not is another question. Have a good day Animal [img]smile.gif[/img]