Serge, you are correct - this is one of those weird situations where there isn't any REAL suffering, just the potential for suffering. When it isn't to right a wrong, it is seen as bald agression.
This is the first time that the US can clearly be seen to be on the "agressor" side of a war, everything in the past has been to control the agressions of others, to reply to attacks, to repell an invasion, etc. This time, Saddam MIGHT be be agressive, MIGHT have weapons, MIGHT use them... it puts the US in a position that it has condoned in the past... it's a weird one...
Not sure that there is a good solution to this one anymore, attack and your an agressor, back down and your a wimp.
Somehow I feel that Bush fell into a political trap that is going to cost him his job in the end, and might cost the world alot more.
Alex
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