24 Hours... and IT'S ON....

[Hammer]

Conservative rebuttle mode ON....

What does it take to send assins into Iraq and just take out Saddam.

I really do wish it were that easy. It would take about 20 minutes to order a SEAL team or Delta Force to go in and assasinate Saddam, his sons, and the key members of his regime. Unfortunately, unlike some statements from the UN, that truly IS an illegal and immoral act according to all countries, and I also believe it was mentioned in the Geneva Convention. If you think the US is drawing criticism now, the backlash from a maneuver such as that would be mind boggling.

Nope, we have to do it the old fashioned way. Any troops that don't want to be involved can surrender. Any civilians that don't want to be involved can stay out of the way.

You act as though we're going to go in TARGETING non-combatants, did anyone not learn ANYTHING in '91. While there will always be civilian deaths in ANY type of engagement, the Iraqi civilian death toll was EXTREMELY low. In fact, the highest loss of civilian life occurred when Saddam created a "bomb shelter" out of the second floor of a military co-ordination center in Baghdad.

If anyone cares about Iraqi civilians, it certainly isn't Saddam Hussein. He's killed over 100,000 civilians during his rule.... Where was the world then? Where were the "Think of the children" signs?

I'm sorry but when the americans wonder why does the world hate us

Correction... why are the French such a-holes....
At last count, there were 34 countries in the "coalition of the willing", I would hardly call that unilateral.

Bush wants to become a dictator.

That is one of the most assanine things I've ever heard.
Do you TRULY believe that statement?. Do you REALLY think that US troops in stormtrooper uniforms are going to take over the world, rape the women, and kill the innocent for the sheer enjoyment of it? Give me a ******* break....

Didn't think whole thing start because they wanted them to get rid of weapons of mass destruction?

The whole thing started when Saddam Hussein and his regime threatened to take over a LARGE percentage of the middle east's oil supply in 1991. In the process he managed to take over a small country and threaten his "friends" in Saudi Arabia.... You didn't hear the Saudi Arabians screaming "infadel" when we came to save their asses did you?

As part of the cease fire agreement after the Gulf War, Iraq agreed to destroy any and all weapons of mass destruction in their inventory, among other things. The regime's failure to comply has resulted in the continuation of an embargo, a no-fly-zone, 18 UN resolutions, and the latest BS that I'm about to have to pay for.

This is no one's fault other than Saddam Hussein and his regime.
In my opinion and in the opinion of my Commander in Chief, he is a threat to the middle east, a threat to the United States, and a threat to the world. (Even France and Canada)

I'm sorry if you don't agree, luckily for me the security of my country doesn't depend on the United Nations.