Comments on: Just Because We Have to Doesn’t Mean Anyone Will http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/04/just_because_we.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:32:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/04/just_because_we.html#comment-5451 ninme Mon, 01 May 2006 17:25:11 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/04/30/just_because_we_have_to_doesnt_mean_anyone_will.html#comment-5451 <p>Ah, you're good to have around, wf.</p> Ah, you’re good to have around, wf.

]]> By: wf http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/04/just_because_we.html#comment-5450 wf Mon, 01 May 2006 10:44:35 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/04/30/just_because_we_have_to_doesnt_mean_anyone_will.html#comment-5450 <p>Paralysis has not descended since Iraq, it just became obvious at that point. I have said it then and I´ll say it again: Europeans should ask themselves <i>what they have to offer</i> besides their precious approval / condemnation. There will not be any serious sanctions against Iran and we can assume there will not be any serious sanctions against the US, so what are we talking about anyway?</p> <p>Since nearly everyone believed there was a functioning nuclear weapons program in Iraq, WMD was not a "politically inspired misnomer". Without invasion, we would still have reason to believe Saddam was just three years away from the bomb. And the gorram international community would still not do anything about it. What would Mr. Liddle have to say about our options in such a scenario?</p> Paralysis has not descended since Iraq, it just became obvious at that point. I have said it then and I´ll say it again: Europeans should ask themselves what they have to offer besides their precious approval / condemnation. There will not be any serious sanctions against Iran and we can assume there will not be any serious sanctions against the US, so what are we talking about anyway?

Since nearly everyone believed there was a functioning nuclear weapons program in Iraq, WMD was not a “politically inspired misnomer”. Without invasion, we would still have reason to believe Saddam was just three years away from the bomb. And the gorram international community would still not do anything about it. What would Mr. Liddle have to say about our options in such a scenario?

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