Is this politics or art? (POLITICS, READ AT OWN RISK) - Beyond Tiki

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Wed, Feb 26, 2003 12:20 PM I'm getting sick of people using the reasoning that Saddam "gassed his own people" (in numbers that range from 5000 to 100,000 people) so he will attack us with chemical weapons if we don't attack him first. A recent senior agent for the CIA wrote the following editorial in the NY Times on 1/31 which claims that it may was the Iraqis that used Mustard Gas during the Iran-Iraq war and those attacks by the Iraqis are what killed so many Kurdish people. http://foi.missouri.edu/polinfoprop/warcrime.html Do we really have the facts on those attacks on the Kurdish people? I don't doubt that Saddam has been developing chemical weapons for some time. In fact, he started his chemical weapons programs with funding and help from U.S. companies during the Iran-Iraq war. I also don't doubt that Saddam committed war crimes during that conflict. However, I think that Saddam knows he would be a damn fool to attack the U.S. with chemical or biological weapons. Unless of course we attack first and then he may choose to use whatever means necessary to stop us. We are asking for trouble so Bush should keep his slingshot in his back pocket and go back to playing with his marbles.

I'm getting sick of people using the reasoning that Saddam "gassed his own people" (in numbers that range from 5000 to 100,000 people) so he will attack us with chemical weapons if we don't attack him first.

A recent senior agent for the CIA wrote the following editorial in the NY Times on 1/31 which claims that it may was the Iraqis that used Mustard Gas during the Iran-Iraq war and those attacks by the Iraqis are what killed so many Kurdish people.

http://foi.missouri.edu/polinfoprop/warcrime.html

Do we really have the facts on those attacks on the Kurdish people? I don't doubt that Saddam has been developing chemical weapons for some time. In fact, he started his chemical weapons programs with funding and help from U.S. companies during the Iran-Iraq war. I also don't doubt that Saddam committed war crimes during that conflict. However, I think that Saddam knows he would be a damn fool to attack the U.S. with chemical or biological weapons. Unless of course we attack first and then he may choose to use whatever means necessary to stop us. We are asking for trouble so Bush should keep his slingshot in his back pocket and go back to playing with his marbles.

Post #24485 by thejab on Wed, Feb 26, 2003 12:20 PM