So like I said - if it wasn't for 9/11 - you can only guess what the economy would be like today.

You have your guess - I have my guess.

The problems with Enron didn't begin when Bush Jr. was swore in. The totaly inflated stock market - completely out of line and was way too high by all standards of finance was given to us by Clinton.

There's just so much you can blame on one man - even if he's President...

I figure we should just round up all those women, mothers, grandmothers, motherinlaws, you name it, the ones who's made it an art and a lifetime's goal to inflict guilt trips on everyone within a 100 mile radius and send parachute them in. I can almost guarantee within 2 hours the entire country will be sobbing like a naughty child and Saddam will agree to play nice forever and ever amen, as long as he can still have some of gramma's cookies.

Well... You can be glad that isn't the way it works here 'mate'.

we're going to fix it.


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I agree 100%

My point was.... If Bush had dealt with the ecomony as aggressively as he has gone after Saddam... we might have a much better outlook on our future and he might have had a prayer in hell of getting re-elected.

You seem to have no idea what terrorism is. You will once you live in the shadow of it.
Terrorism is not "bad thins you hear about in the TV/Radio".
Terrorism (of the effect of it) is - not being able to conduct your life freely due to fear of getting hurt, killed or tourtured etc.. by someone else who has this effect on you just to get what he wants.
Enron/Worldcom were crimes indeed, but don't get carried away mixing terms and calling it terrorism. It makes your arguments less clear and logical.

Get your facts straight. America--like western Europe and most of the west--did support Iraq until the late 80s. Why? Because Saddam seemed a lesser evil than his archrival, Iran. A secular madman is genarally preferable to a fanactical religious madman.

A little history lesson:

Saddam Hussein has been the most powerful man in Iraq for over 3 decades. A family relative, Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr, came to power as president of Iraq in a coup d'etat. Thanks to a promotion by Ahmad, Saddam eventually seized power, and through brutal intimidation, torture, suppression of dissent, he and the Ba'ath Party have been in power ever since.

Interesting article...thanks! What I find most interesting is that this guy Francisco Gil-White has changed his view and acknowledged. Refreshing, given that most people (particulary in the press) find it problematic to change their stance, much less admit it.

WWJD?

Muslims in most of the middle east live in poverty. Did you see the pics from Afghanistan? A religion/culture that has shown no real advancement in 1500 years is certainly going to begin to get followers that become disgruntled. You then have two choices: change your way of life or destroy a competing and/or more successful one.
Outside of oil, the Arab countries have not made major investments in any other indusries. Therefore, when the oil runs out they go back to herding sheep.

... just send all your Arab traffic to dialers.
:2 cents:

I still haven't heard any of the dove side offer any real alternatives to making Saddam comply with inspections other than force???

There are none.

The only cure for a rabid dog is to kill him.

You need to lay off the conspiracy websites, man. You are presenting your or someone else's opinions regarding Bush's motives as fact. Statements that begin with "the real reason for ..." come straight from the best-seller and highly popular "Conspiracy Theories for Dummies". They can also be found in blogs written by John Q. Layman from his bunker in the middle of Missouri after he gets home from his job at the jellybean factory.