[CLUE-Talk] Iraq Stuph

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 18:44, David Willson wrote:
> You've entirely ignored Kevin's point, which remains valid, whichever
> word you use, 'mercenary' or 'terrorist'.  

That's your interpretation - I didn't think Kevin had much of a point
either. 

> Isn't it petty to natter away
> at one mis-applied word, and ignore the valid core argument?

I didn't really feel that Kevin's core argument was worth addressing.
Frankly, I couldn't find a coherent thread in it. When asked if he's
"sure that Baghdad had to "fall" for meaningful change to take place in
Iraq?" Kevin responds with "Yes, I do!" HUH? 

Besides, since part of the justification of this war is supposed to be
"fighting terrorism" it makes me wonder when one of the proponents of
the action doesn't seem to understand the distinction between a
terrorist and a mercenary. 

Speaking of avoiding the core argument, it seems Kevin is pretty eager
to sidestep the question: if the justification for going to war with
Iraq is that they're a threat, how can we justify it when they've found
no weapons of mass destruction, and the Iraqi army fell in less than a
month? Where was this threat? 

Zonker

> On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 18:18, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
> > Kevin,
> > 
> > > > Perhaps--and it may depend what you mean by "right." It appears to mean,
> > > > does it not, that Iraq was really not much of a military threat after
> > > > all? Where was the imminent danger that our leaders made so much of in
> > > 
> > > In military terms, there are mercenaries and there are armies, which has
> > > the greater threat?  Depends in where and when it is used.  Look what 19
> > > mercenaries did on 9/11!  The threat is real no matter where or the
> > > numbers that are threatening us.  A person with a 22 is still as scarey
> > > as one with a .45 cal.
> > 
> > Mercenaries get paid, Kevin. They do it for the *money* -- the idiots on
> > 9/11 were terrorists. Thought you would have picked up on that
> > distinction by now. 
> > 
> > Zonker
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