Re: Eliot Spitzer, antismoking leader, self-destructs

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:30:36 -0700 (PDT), Alistair
<alistair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:


>I am not aware of any statement that he had nuclear weaponry nor that
>he was able to deliver any weapon to targets outside of the middle
>east.

The "evidence" provided was of nuclear nature.
....

>What was wrong with using the humanitarian argument to remove Saddam?

This sub-thread started when I said:

>When democracies (and other states) start wars, they define the enemy
>as guilty.   And every state is guilty of stuff.    If we don't find
>weapons of mass destruction, we change our excuse.

And you immediately responded with our current reasons for the war,
demonstrating my point very effectively.

But to answer your question - because we don't seem to be able to do
everything, and capturing Saddam should have been the priority.   Or
maybe stopping the genocide in Rwanda.   

But not turning a secular state into a Religious battlefield.