[Hunkpapa]

I am jumping into this discussion and I do not know how much of this has been covered in other Posts or similar topics....this is just my opinion...

1. It was mentioned other countries have also been on the recieving end of terrorism...then do something about it, one of the countries (France) choses to veto any actions by the US to thwart terrorism. Hell even Egypt was attacked by muslim terrorists looking to assassinate the president, they are not even safe from their own people.

2. I agree that Iraq is not the nucleus of 9/11, but they are hiding weapons of mass destructoin that they were suppose to destroy that alone should be reson to move in.

3. Along with 2, Suadi Arabi is where most of the 9/11 terrorists called home (although some officially are outcasts), we should be putting the screws to them also and any other nation that harbors terrorists. But we cannot take on the entire middle east at one time, it is impractical both strategically and finacially.

4. Isreal has been dealing with this crap for decades, and if let loose they could whip up on all the countries around them, internatioanl pressure is the only thing stopping it. Who is stopping the attacks on Isreal?

5. Saddam is a scape goat for the time being, and maybe GWB is just finishing what daddy started. Saddam actually is very liberal by Islamic standards, he recognizes other religions and there are other churches in his country that are allowed to operate unmolested...he does have issues in other areas such as his dealings with teh Kurds, hiding weapons, etc.

6. Almost every war has some kind of fianicial aspect...Korea was rubber, did the US care that the commies where taking over no...the US wanted the rubber for it's industry, Kuwait was oil...today it is oil, tommorow who knows.

7. The UN is ineffective, they cannot enforce diddly crap. Do I want the the US policing the world? no. Do I want the US to ensure my safety? yes, and so does the majority of the nations that are lacking any military of their own.

8. Everyone seems to like bashing the US for wanting to defend itself now and in the future, calling us Imperialistic...maybe we are alittle imperialistic...we financially aid at least half of the world, they are essentially our colonies if we are funding them. Where would half these countries be with out our aid...I say let them find out.

In closing I feel terrorism and any country supporting it should be eradicated.