[Rhodes22-list] Show me the beef.

[brad haslett]

I hope MJM is right on this; Powell shows up at the UN
at the last minute with "smoking gun" evidence.  On
the other hand, the UN has proven to be a "toothless"
organization on so many issues one can argue we don't
need their approval anyway.  If the need is
demonstrated to go in I hope we follow Wally's advice.
 What I fear most is that after were through we'll
follow a familiar pattern of declaring victory and
going home pre-maturely. We let the Soviets have the
Eastern Bloc in Europe and the Communists take China
at the end of WW2 and that started the Cold War. If
we're not prepared for a long term presence in Iraq
we'll create a power vacuum with God knows what long
term consequence.  As I said before, I don't think GW,
Powell, Chaney, Rumsfeld, Rice & Company are showing
us all their cards.  It sure as hell is a high stakes
game!

Brad Haslett
--- Wally Buck <tnrhodey@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> If we do go in that sounds like a good plan. We need
> to knock out radar and 
> let the missles fly. Saddam is an elusive rascal;
> hopefully we have targeted 
> every one of his palaces. Hit each one hard, and I
> mean hard.
> 
> Perhaps we should lob a few missles into Iraq; then
> Iraq might start going 
> off on Isreal. Isreal sat back once, I don't see
> them doing that again. We 
> could then kick back and watch Isreal do our dirty
> work. This whole thing 
> would be over by the end of the month. Maybe we
> could just out-source the 
> war to Isreal from the get go. <grin>
> 
> We have seen the Iraq Army in action, I think they
> would roll over quicker 
> this time. That being said we don't need to rush
> into it.
> 
> Wally
> 
> 
> >From: Steve <rhodes2282@yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Show me the beef.
> >Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 08:56:26 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Rummy
> >My opinion, but I think Saddam has them and is more
> >that willing to use them.
> >
> >I saw on the news, couple days ago, one of our
> >stradgic is on our first strike; laungh 300 to 400
> >cruse missiles.  If this is effective, it should
> >eliminate Saddam ability to launch his chemical
> >weapons.  If it not; it should scare the hell out
> of
> >thier Generals so as they might start thinking for
> >themselves and decide not to laungh them.
> >Steve
> >
> >PS - Second strike - round off to an even 500.  The
> >problem should be solved by them.
> >--- R22RumRunner@aol.com wrote:
> > > My BIG concern with going to war with Saddam is
> that
> > > we don't know if he has
> > > weapons of mass destruction and until we do, we
> > > shouldn't be sending our
> > > troops in there. He has turned these weapons on
> his
> > > own people before and he
> > > wouldn't care if a few more would lose their
> lives
> > > if it took out thousands
> > > of Americans.
> > > Last night on the news they really started to
> scare
> > > me with talk of using
> > > tactical nuclear weapons. This is not good. I
> really
> > > thought the day for the
> > > need to use nuclear weapons had come and gone.
> How
> > > stupid we are.
> > > I am one of the few members on this list that
> has
> > > combat experience and I
> > > will be the first to tell you that people die,
> > > bodies are mutilated and
> > > devastation is the end result. None of these are
> > > good for any living things.
> > > If we are going to start a war, just make damn
> sure
> > > we know what we are
> > > getting ourselves into.
> > >
> > > Rummy........to early to start drinking.....awe,
> > > what the hell.
> > >
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