Rad Tech,

Having a little bit of reservation about the war doesn't make one a Bush hater or anti-America. I voted for Bush, support our troops, but think this war effort is just about as intelligent as sticking your hand in a bee hive.

Saddam is a ruthless dictator. Is he the only ruthless dictator or the worst one in the world right now? Not a chance. Is he a danger to America? Not in my opinion. Any sort of bio or chemical attack he could muster- which would be quite small- would result in the US reacting with its entire might and would probably spell the end of Iraq's existance on planet earth. It would be an insane move and no analyist is pushing that Saddam would ever do anything that would certainly cause his own death.

Beyond that, our ties in the middle east are strained at best. Do we really want to make more Bin Ladens or have Israeli style suicide bombings spread across the world? By making enemies with Iraq you polarize the entire region which is suffering from a rise in Islamic fundamentalism as it is. The last thing you want is to give the fundamentalists reason to overthrow quasi-democracies like Egypt, which is the most powerful Arab country. Mubaraks rule is only legitamite by way of control of the military... if they believe he's too western friendly, they'll cap him like they did Sadat in 1982. Other than Saudi Arabia, our allies are walking a tight rope between keeping fundamentalists at bay and remaining somewhat west-sympathetic.

We're getting in to something that could be huge uniting arabs and perhaps the muslum world (fastest growing religion) against us. Is that smart? Does that foster global security? Not in my opinion.

Lastly, if we go in without United Nations sanction, we make enemies with the world. The US is powerful enough to get away with it, but do we want to past that line?

Our reasons are admirable but the I just don't see the reasoning for our Iraqi assult. Would I protest? No... I think its already decided that we're going in and anti-war protestors creep me out with their lack of knowledge (general don't kill babies approach).

Anyway, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. <img border="0" alt="[wall]" title="" src="graemlins/wall.gif" />