Thoughts on the War. Day 6.

03-25-2003

My father, who is retired, is spending most of his time watching the news this week.

I don't recall where he said he heard it, but he heard a quote purportedly from Sadam before the war that stated that he only "needs to have" about 2 million people to keep his country afloat and there are 20 million people in Iraq, so he would win any war.

I am in favor of taking Sadam out, but that is scary. He's more than willing to see 18 million of his people die so that he can stay in power. I guess we're going to see a lot more human shields before this is over.

Also, the imaginary red line around Baghdad...after ground forces cross it, they're going to be hit with chemical weapons.

The false surrenders, display of POW's on TV, putting civilians out in front of military advances, all broad violations of international rules of war. I'm afraid that Sadam has made "rules of war" obsolete. So now what? Are we going to have to shoot people with white flags in order to protect our own forces? Sadam is betting on our military leaders' sense of honor and it just might work. This war is going to take a heavy toll on the Coalition forces, it's not going to be as easy as most assumed at first.

I'm just wondering if our government is willing to sacrifice enough men and be forced to kill as many Iraqi civilians as it appears are going to be necessary in order to win this.

I'm afraid that this wasn't very well thought out. I prefer to support the US in its endeavors, but the recent developments have me very, very worried that we could have gotten ourselves into a war that even if we win, we lose.

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03-25-2003	#1
originalheather Guest Posts: n/a	My father, who is retired, is spending most of his time watching the news this week. I don't recall where he said he heard it, but he heard a quote purportedly from Sadam before the war that stated that he only "needs to have" about 2 million people to keep his country afloat and there are 20 million people in Iraq, so he would win any war. I am in favor of taking Sadam out, but that is scary. He's more than willing to see 18 million of his people die so that he can stay in power. I guess we're going to see a lot more human shields before this is over. Also, the imaginary red line around Baghdad...after ground forces cross it, they're going to be hit with chemical weapons. The false surrenders, display of POW's on TV, putting civilians out in front of military advances, all broad violations of international rules of war. I'm afraid that Sadam has made "rules of war" obsolete. So now what? Are we going to have to shoot people with white flags in order to protect our own forces? Sadam is betting on our military leaders' sense of honor and it just might work. This war is going to take a heavy toll on the Coalition forces, it's not going to be as easy as most assumed at first. I'm just wondering if our government is willing to sacrifice enough men and be forced to kill as many Iraqi civilians as it appears are going to be necessary in order to win this. I'm afraid that this wasn't very well thought out. I prefer to support the US in its endeavors, but the recent developments have me very, very worried that we could have gotten ourselves into a war that even if we win, we lose.