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Trooth · 02-09-2004, 19:23 PM

We will have to disagree as to whether or not the war on terror will achieve its aims by shooting alone. The war on terror isn't over, and i can't see it being over without convincing people of our worth as a peoples.

I for one don't care about what OBL is. It is what he represents that we have to deal with. Failing to deal with him fails to deal with the war on terror. In my opinion, we are storing up problems if we treat OBL like a battlefield commander. He isn't and whilst i hate to use the word, we should respect him for what he is. A terrorist, but also a figurehead. It is a figurehead that needs to be exposed.

My concern is that the West has a shady past when it comes to OBL and SH and may decide to solve the problem secretly rather than air all that dirty laundry in public. This would do ourselves a dis-service, but politicans are opportunists by nature.

I struggle to believe that Saddam's arsenal is buried somewhere. If Saddam had destroyed his weapons he would only have done it to avoid war, or to get the sanctions repealed. He could only have achieved either end by demonstrating he ahd destroyed them. There is no doubt he didn't do that. Therefore it is fair to assume he had the WMD ready to deploy, or that he never had them (well since he was last disarmed).

And my concern remains that the removal of a dictator on the middle east does not warrant the creation of dictatorships in the west. If the intelligence is wrong, that is one thing. If it was right and ignored, i will use my democractic rights to assist in their removal.

02-09-2004, 19:23 PM	#29 (permalink)
Trooth *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 11-23-03 Posts: 2,110 Country:	We will have to disagree as to whether or not the war on terror will achieve its aims by shooting alone. The war on terror isn't over, and i can't see it being over without convincing people of our worth as a peoples. I for one don't care about what OBL is. It is what he represents that we have to deal with. Failing to deal with him fails to deal with the war on terror. In my opinion, we are storing up problems if we treat OBL like a battlefield commander. He isn't and whilst i hate to use the word, we should respect him for what he is. A terrorist, but also a figurehead. It is a figurehead that needs to be exposed. My concern is that the West has a shady past when it comes to OBL and SH and may decide to solve the problem secretly rather than air all that dirty laundry in public. This would do ourselves a dis-service, but politicans are opportunists by nature. I struggle to believe that Saddam's arsenal is buried somewhere. If Saddam had destroyed his weapons he would only have done it to avoid war, or to get the sanctions repealed. He could only have achieved either end by demonstrating he ahd destroyed them. There is no doubt he didn't do that. Therefore it is fair to assume he had the WMD ready to deploy, or that he never had them (well since he was last disarmed). And my concern remains that the removal of a dictator on the middle east does not warrant the creation of dictatorships in the west. If the intelligence is wrong, that is one thing. If it was right and ignored, i will use my democractic rights to assist in their removal.