More Iraqi "Milk Factories" Under Construction
This story talks about some suspicious construction activity in Saddam's very own back yard. Of course, it's nothing a few UN weapons inspectors and another 11 years of futility can't sort out. I'm sure these "dual use" nuclear facilities would never be used for evil, right? I mean, look at Saddam's humanitarian record to date. No reason to go into Iraq and intervene unless he actually targets Tel Aviv or something equally monstrously unimaginable. Wonder what a nuke would do in Times Square? Never happen, you say? Well, that�s probably true, but what would a couple of (dozen) martyrs infected with smallpox walking around Times Square on New Year�s eve do? Still not scared? Then I wonder what a warhead laced with (insert deadly biotoxin here) would do? But of course, we have to adequately make our case against Saddam (read: have him kill lots of people the EU cares about in some horrible way. It�s not obvious that Americans, and certainly not Jews would meet the �cares about� requirement) before we can do anything about it. Obviously, slaughtering Kurds hasn�t been enough to convince the world that he is a bad man, and that�s in the EU�s own sandbox. Saddam kills thousands of Kurds, and the world stands mutely by. We want to kill Saddam, and the world has a moral conscience, loud and shrill.
Speaking of loud and shrill, why are the Archbishops of Canterbury and Westminster entering the fray? Do we care what they think (evidently Mr. Misha does not)? And what strange form of accounting does the Catholic Church use to decide that they have the moral authority to lecture anyone on anything? I�m not a religious person, but I certainly don�t begrudge anyone the right to believe in a supreme being (as long as they don�t try to convert me, that is). As far as I�m concerned, however, more atrocities have been committed in the name of organized religion than for any other cause in the history of the world.
Tell me again why killing Saddam now is a bad idea? Oh, wait, maybe that particular military action is already underway. But of course, its really all about poor old Saddam not getting a "fair hearing" and being "demonized". I guess I think it is good for people in Baghdad to be scared. Millions of people in the US are scared, so why should they get to be any different? Help us get rid of Saddam, and we can end your fear in a very short period of time.
Is it really possible to �demonize� a murdering monster like Saddam? We could go ask the Kurds of northern Iraq that question. But only if we can find any. Bet the residents of Halabja never worried about chemical/biological warfare either. Until 1988, that is. .
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