As such, by not launching the war now, if you were George Bush, would you be prepared to bear the following costs of waiting until September to let a dictator whom we know with certainty will try and succeed at hiding *something* from inspectors prove to France that he really needs to go? These costs include:
I am absolutely baffled that people can consider the reasons below to be valid reasons for starting the war.
-Leaving our troops in a viciously hot desert, where protection from chemcial attacks would be difficult.
It will be hot in the region this summer anyway, regardless of whether the troops are sitting down in the desert of Saudi Arabia or fighting their way towards Baghdad. Even the Bush regime cannot influence the weather. And no matter on which side of the border your troops are, as long as there is someone with hatred of the US and access to chemical weapons, those troops can come under attack.
-Leaving our troops at fixed xamps in the desert where they will be vulnerable to terrorist and other attacks
No matter on which side of the border your troops are, as long as there is someone with hatred of the US and access to weapons, those troops can come under attack.
-Leaving 1 in every 1,000 Americans away from their families, loved ones, and jobs for an extended period of time.
Away from their jobs? The US doesn't have the draft, so for all those soldiers being a soldier *is* their job. Therefore they are not kept away from their job, they have gone where there job took them.
Further, they will be away from home for an extended period of time anyway. Those troops are not going to leave Iraq as soon as a pro-US regime has been established in Iraq.
Which brings me to your earlier argument that the US had to start the war because of the costs of keeping those soldiers waiting in the desert till after the summer. That argument is also bogus, as you will have those costs anyway, with or without war. Unless of course some countries have promised to fully reimburse the US for keeping all those troops and weapons on hold till September.
Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
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