John W. wrote:

> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote in message news:<cg52nb$4v0$1@news.Stanford.EDU>...
> 
>>Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 06:14:25 +0900, "Shannon Jacobs"
>>><shanen@my-deja.com> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
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>>>>Duh, did anyone else see Fahrenheit 9/11 in Japan? Any interest in the
>>>>actual issues discussed there? The main one was the rather serious question
>>>>of whether or not the anti-Saddam war was justified.
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>>>It was justified. That does not, however, mean it was a good idea.
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>>I never had a real problem with the war, per se. I just fail to see why
>>we needed to isolate ourselves, and never saw any evidence that they
>>thought through the process of rebuilding Iraq. That makes the war
>>a Bad Idea, however laudable the goal of ripping off Saddam & Sons' 
>>heads and sticking them on pikes.
>>
> 
> I have yet to see a reason justifying it that I can buy into. The
> security excuse was always dodgy, and then the combination of the
> humanitarian reason made it worse because for both those reasons North
> Korea is a much bigger threat. 

Hi. Allow me to introduce you to a country that borders North Korea. It 
is called the People's Republic of China.

- Kevin