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March 17, 2003

The Sky May Fall in Iraq

Our leaders have abandoned diplomatic efforts to forcibly disarm Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein; here's a link to the current AP article on the situation. President Bush is going to address the nation about this tonight at 8PM.
Based on the linked article and other ones I'm reading, it sounds like unless Hussein and his immediate family leave Iraq today, an offensive will begin with a massive bombing campaign against Baghdad. I can only hope that if we start this, we have a plan for finishing it. Or knowing when it's time to stop.
Update: This Iraq-related article from a few weeks ago is receiving some fresh comments. Feel free to chime in now that the President has conditionally declared war against Iraq.

Posted by Alex Harden on March 17, 2003 11:43 AM |

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I've given this a lot of thought in the last few days, and I've come up with some very basic tenets that sum up my position:

- Saddam Hussein is an evil man who needs to be dealt with.

- Invading and occupying Iraq is probably not that different than Iraq invading and occupying Kuwait a few years ago.

- If we had investigated alternate energy sources 20 years ago this wouldn't be an issue.

Of course, none of this matters, because we'll be at war by Friday. Let's just keep our fingers crossed that it's over quickly and we can get back to concerning ourselves with catching bin Laden...

Posted by: Don | March 17, 2003 3:24 PM

Yeah, I'd have to say it's becoming more and more evident that the majority of the UN Security Council doesn't have the desire to send armed forces into Iraq to enforce the applicable disarmament-related resolutions, or to even define timetables for disarmament.

If the UN was really interested in legitimizing Iraq's government, they would have investigated human rights issues. Based on what little I've read (including this piece I found using Google), Iraq would have been found in breach of UN charter and international law should have been enforced. But then I realize that the UN isn't really into enforcement these days.

I don't know if I want to read more about international politics. It's pretty depressing.

Let's just hope that if there's regime change, a representative government is formed.

Posted by: Alex | March 17, 2003 3:55 PM

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