Thursday, March 13, 2003
Kashei at Alarming News asked for someone to give her a good argument from the left against the war. Kashei is very right wing. Here was my response:
I will not make an argument from the left (as requested by Kashei) because the anti-war arguments that I find merrit in are simply anti-war arguments. They do not belong to the left or the right they are just arguments. Why must everything on this site be all about Left and Right? Why can't an argument just be an argument?
Here are some of the anti-war arguments that I weight everyday against the pro-war arguments.
1. The Fear Factor, If we attack Iraq, will thier be terrorist retaliation? Will terrorist attacks that may not have happened otherwise happen?
2. One major reason I would want to attack Iraq is to prevent him from giving bio/chem weapons to groups outside Iraq. The problem is he could have already given that stuff away. Ever wonder why we can't find the stuff?? Maybe it's because he has already given it to some Jihadi terrorists who are now living in the USA waiting for the signal.
I also want to stop him from getting Nuclear weapons but that can be accomplished with the weapons inspections. So basically we are too late to stop him from hurting us with Chem/Bio weapons and it's not neccessary to invade to stop him from getting nuclear weapons.
3. War is unpredictable, especially when taking on a pychopath dictator. If everything goes badly and Saddam unleashes his WMD within Iraqi cities and against Isreal, Kuwait, Turkey and anywhere else allied forces are, millions of people could die horrible deaths. I don't want America to have any part in that.
Of course many will argue, in an attempt to absolve themselves from any guilt, that it was Saddam who killed those people not us. However true this may be it won't bring millions of dead people back to life.
5. Public and international support.. do we have enough?
I will not make an argument from the left (as requested by Kashei) because the anti-war arguments that I find merrit in are simply anti-war arguments. They do not belong to the left or the right they are just arguments. Why must everything on this site be all about Left and Right? Why can't an argument just be an argument?
Here are some of the anti-war arguments that I weight everyday against the pro-war arguments.
1. The Fear Factor, If we attack Iraq, will thier be terrorist retaliation? Will terrorist attacks that may not have happened otherwise happen?
2. One major reason I would want to attack Iraq is to prevent him from giving bio/chem weapons to groups outside Iraq. The problem is he could have already given that stuff away. Ever wonder why we can't find the stuff?? Maybe it's because he has already given it to some Jihadi terrorists who are now living in the USA waiting for the signal.
I also want to stop him from getting Nuclear weapons but that can be accomplished with the weapons inspections. So basically we are too late to stop him from hurting us with Chem/Bio weapons and it's not neccessary to invade to stop him from getting nuclear weapons.
3. War is unpredictable, especially when taking on a pychopath dictator. If everything goes badly and Saddam unleashes his WMD within Iraqi cities and against Isreal, Kuwait, Turkey and anywhere else allied forces are, millions of people could die horrible deaths. I don't want America to have any part in that.
Of course many will argue, in an attempt to absolve themselves from any guilt, that it was Saddam who killed those people not us. However true this may be it won't bring millions of dead people back to life.
5. Public and international support.. do we have enough?
