[CLUE-Talk] Going to war, how much to pay people

[Kevin Cullis]

Matt,

The fact that Hussein has proven to be brutal is one thing, but times
have changed so that today we're NOT like 1940's.  Hussein can now
deploy a dirty bomb anywhere in the US since our borders are so open!! 
Is this a good enough argument!!  Is 9/11 a good enough argument to
prevent another one?  Are you saying we shouldn't go after Hussein UNTIL
another 9/11?

Matt, the game rules have been changed by the terrorists.  Before 9/11,
most airline hijackers wanted money or something else so the typical
response by airline pilots was to go along with their captors.  Just as
when airline hijacking first began changed the rules for flying, so has
the new MO for the terrorists after 9/11.

Kevin

On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 18:01, Matt Gushee wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:57:01PM -0700, Kevin Cullis wrote:
> > Yep, couldn't agree more!!  However, what we learned with WWII is that
> > we let Hitler get too far and it became too costly to stop him after he
> > got started.  If we had intervened a little sooner, not so many troops
> > would have had to put their lives on the line.
> 
> ... implying that Saddam Hussein's Iraq poses a threat comparable to
> Nazi Germany? Okay, Mr. History Major, I'd like to see a good argument
> for this position (careful: I was a history major too).
> 
> Standard Disclaimer: I am not questioning that Saddam Hussein is a
> brutal, evil-minded dictator, only his ability to cause harm to us and
> our allies.
-- 
Kevin Cullis <kevincu at orci.com>