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Don't blame me - I voted for the other guy.
I think Bush & Company have a lot of reasons for going after Saddam, and I'm not sure how high on the list oil is. I think there is genuine concern about weapons of mass destruction, and I think he is right in feeling the need to finish what Daddy didn't. I also think they will use the "war" to further their conservative agenda in all areas of American life.
I wonder, however, if the American people are ready for what this war will mean. I don't mean that we have anything to fear from the Iraqi military. It's a question of "we won - now what do we do with it." We'd have to be there, nation-building, for years, and we've already got a nasty rehab job on our hands in Afghanistan.
It would probably also be a question of "who next." The reason I say that is simple. An American attack on Iraq WILL BE the greatest recruiting tool for the al Qaida-types.
Frank, if GW uses the war to win this fall's elections, it will cost him the White House in '04, because of the after affects of the war. Just mho.
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