I found this in the opinion section of yesterdays the USA TODAY newspaper. Is this a case in point for justification of the war. You be the judge (see below)<br><br>Pre-emptive strike was right<br><br>Suppose a person approaches you with his hand in his pockets and threatens you, implying he might have a gun. You ask,” May I see if you really have a gun? and the person replies, "No you may not." You seize the opportunity, wrestle the person to the ground, pull his hand out of his pocket and find there's no gun. Were you justified in taking this violent action against this hoodlum? You bet. Now suppose that person is Saddam Hussein and the possible gun was a weapon of mass destruction. Enough said.<br><br>William S. Pietrazak <br>Warsaw, Indiana<br><br>I personally don't think this was a good example for justification of the war. It's not like Saddam directly threatened us with a WMD and he didn't have his hands in his pockets and not let us see what he had (UN Weapons Inspectors were allowed up to the point of the war)<br><br>Whats your take??<br><br><br><br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Whats your take??<p><hr></blockquote><p>He shot at our planes on a frequent basis. That is a direct threat.<br><br>It's hard to have your hands in your pockets, when they are in the "cookie-for-oil" jar.<br><br><br><br>got to let your eyes adjust

let me get this straight . . . you mean he actually had the audacity to shoot at our planes flying over his country?<br><br><br>--<br>one of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -Plato

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>let me get this straight . . . you mean he actually had the audacity to shoot at our planes flying over his country?<p><hr></blockquote><p>What you need to get straight is that the northern no-fly zone can be credited for giving the Kurdish region of Iraq de-facto independence after the Gulf War.<br><br><br>got to let your eyes adjust

Yeah but is shooting at patrol planes a reason for a full scale invasion?? A dog is going to bark and growl if you rattle his cage.<br><br>

you mean the kurds who wanted to overthrow saddam after the first gulf war and were encouraged to try by the U.S. yet we let them down and allowed them to be killed by the thousands when their overthrow failed? we sure loved those kurds. <br><br><br>--<br>one of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -Plato

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>you mean the kurds who wanted to overthrow saddam after the first gulf war and were encouraged to try by the U.S. yet we let them down and allowed them to be killed by the thousands when their overthrow failed? we sure loved those kurds.<p><hr></blockquote><p>Yes, the same way that the Iraqi's are currently being encouraged to take their freedom into their own hands. We've seen your support for them also.<br><br><br><br>got to let your eyes adjust

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Yeah but is shooting at patrol planes a reason for a full scale invasion?? A dog is going to bark and growl if you rattle his cage.<p><hr></blockquote><p>Rabid dogs, as well as fanatical extremist are infectious and must not be left untreated.<br><br><br><br>got to let your eyes adjust

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Whats your take??<p><hr></blockquote><p>War for oil ... something about a pipeline ... something, something ... Bush lied, people died, liberals cried ... something ...<br><br>****************<br><br>[color:blue]VOTE</font color=blue>[color:red] for President George W. Bush on November 2, 2004</font color=red>

Are Kurds Iraqis ???? No really I mean where did they come from?? The Iraqi Kurds come from Turkey thats their original homeland, they were forced out because they were not allowed to speak thier language and express thier culture freely amongst the Turks. If anything they are Turkish refugees.<br><br>