From: Here@my.place   
      
   On 20 Jan 2004 02:32:37 GMT, tychoplain@aol.com (TychoPlain) wrote:   
      
   >i dont follow the "TWO innocent  countries" part of your reply. If you are   
   >referring also to Afghanistan, know that the Taliban were in power there, and   
   >they were behind 9/11, and they were NOT innocent.   
   >   
   >Invading Iraq was a bad idea, but not because of anyone's "innocence" over   
   >there. It was just a stupid move. Especially with the unfinished work in   
   regard   
   >to Al Qaeda (among other reasons).   
      
   I agree.  The Afghanistan invasion can be justified as self defense   
   from Al Qaeda bases there, but the Iraq invasion can not be justified   
   as defensive.   
      
   However, the government of Iraq had killed  between 500,000 to   
   1,000,000 of there own people, and killed a great many people invading   
   Kuwait and Iran.  There have been governments just as bad as Iraq in   
   Asia and Africa, and the world did nothing as millions died.  I hate   
   war, but when millions will die without war it seems to be the best of   
   two very bad options.  But I do think that any act of war must be done   
   as a UN sanctioned action.  No one country should be playing policeman   
   alone.   
      
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