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Originally posted by SNIPER
My only concern is what happens next? US goes to war, removes Sadam, then cuts the country up into 3 parts and starts to rule another peice of the world. The economy goes up again in the US, the dollar rises and then what? Another terrorist attack and we are back to the same position..or not?!
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I don't see this as a likely outcome at all. I listened just now not only to Bush's speech but also to about 40 minutes of interviews with former Canadian military personnel on CBC, and I sensed none of what you just said. "cut up Iraq into three parts???" Where did you get that from? Bush re-affirmed the intent is to oust the dictatorship, free the Iraqi people, and to begin delivering them the food, medicines and supplies needed to rebuild. He also said clearly that the oil and oil fields of Iraq belong to the Iraqi people.... that was stated by Bush very clearly.
It was also said at certain points during the after-speech commentary that more terrorist attacks are expected anyway, not only by Iraqi operatives but from Al Quaida members who would do it in the name of "defending the muslim world's honor"..... imagine that.
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The fact is in the end this not about helping the Iraqi people or terrorism or anything noble but only oil.
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Already addressed this. I will also add that the only countries that have expressed a major concern over oil are the three countries that have been squawking the loudest and the longest in opposition to the US. Why? Because those three nations have very large oil contracts with Iraq and are fearful of losing those contracts and the money invested in them. I find that highly interesting, don't you?
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Why should Canada be a part of something that is not UN backed? Why does everyone else have to go through the UN and not the US?
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Not exactly true. Back in 1997 or 98, I forget..... Canada along with a mulitude of other nations (including the US) intervened militarily in Kosovo WITHOUT the sanction of the UN, during which time Russia threatened to vote for a veto in the UN council. We went in anyway, without full UN approval.
Sometimes it is the right thing to do.
I agree in full about preserving peace and preserving life as much as possible, but I believe that the person who has brought us this close to conflict is Saddam. The blame falls fully on his shoulders, and no one, not even the staunchest anti-war people have disagreed that Hussein needs to go.
Btw, did you know that Canada has 11 warships in the Persian Gulf doing blockade and security duties? They are there for the purpose solely of assisting the US in the war on terrorism, and among their duties are escorting other vessels through the region safely, to checking out other vessels in order to increase security so the US ships can concentrate on Iraq. -- that comes directly from the two military personalities they had as guests on CBC national not an hour ago.
So Canada, according to our government, is still highly committed to aiding the US in the war on terrorism, but for several reasons we now can't go outside of the UN to participate directly in a war with Iraq.
Things are much clearer now as far as I'm concerned.