In the rathouse 'o interpretation (WAS Re: politics and religion...)

[jbor]

> on 22/2/03 9:24 AM, Mutualcode at aol.com at Mutualcode at aol.com wrote:
> 
> I cannot speak for any other U.S. mid-East Coasters

No, nor can you speak for "Oceania" either.

> , although I do 
> live here, can you? Speaking for myself, I do not think any Iraqi people
> are "expendable," and that fewer of them will be killed if the problem of
> Saddam Hussain is dealt with through diplomatic means rather than by a
> U.S. led military invasion.

Everyone, just about everyone, would like to see a diplomatic/peaceful
solution. But this next one will be the eighteenth UN Security Council
Resolution on Iraq in the last 10 or so years. Tony Blair said the other day
that Saddam has been responsible for the deaths of over 500,000 Iraqis. So,
I don't think we can be certain that fewer Iraqis will be killed or will
suffer, particularly if he's let be for another ten or twenty years. Saddam
needed to be "dealt with" a long time ago. He needs to be dealt with now.

best