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Not so sure I agree wig. Success in this case means that Americans die to prove a point. Terrorists are not going to go away because we whip Saddams ass, provided we do and in some reasonable amount of time. If the Iraqi's do not use some form of chemical or biological weapons in this war then world opinion will swing even further against the US. And unfortunately in this day of global economics the last thing we as a country need is to be hindered in our ability to do business and to drag a large portion of the world economy down that is still pinned to ours.
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I understand that Americans may die and that others may die, but I do not see what that has to do with the big picture. If we are honest, we acknowledge that part of the price is sometimes death. That does not make it right, but it is certainly reality.
Yes it is possible that Iraq will not use WMD. It is also possible that we won't find any (although doubtful). It also may mean that all the terrorists will attack at once.
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You are dealing with a mindset, in these Muslim fundamentalists, that is more related to the Saracen wars or the Crusades, than you are dealing with a people that recognizes and realizes that this is the 21st century.
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By this statement alone one may also consclude that what we do (or not do) may have no affect on the terrorists. They are of a mindset that is not going to change whether we kill them all or send them a fruit basket.
I don't subscribe to the passivist role as a solution. They may be just as pissed at us either way.
Success also means 20 dollar oil and many other economic opportnities.
As Dennis Miller says, It's only my opinion, but I could be wrong.