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<blockquote data-quote="Jerry Smith" data-source="post: 658662" data-attributes="member: 2568"><p>Ok,&nbsp;since&nbsp;all we have is a hint, all we can do is guess. I'm guessing that he knew that there was the possibility someone would want to move against him in response to Kuwait, and wanted a nuclear deterrent&nbsp;to that.&nbsp;But lets&nbsp;make a more sinister guess: he wanted to&nbsp;use the&nbsp;nukes offensively against&nbsp;another party in the middle east. Can we go to war on the basis of a guess about his intentions of 12 years ago?&nbsp;</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, you are asking for guesses. My guess is that Iraq posesses and wishes to maintain posession of chemical and biological agents, although&nbsp;other explanations could exist. I asked you before: does&nbsp;posession of weapons of mass destruction create a justification for war? In all cases, or in&nbsp;some? If some - which ones?&nbsp;</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I'm not as confident. Remember Gulf War I? We stopped short of&nbsp;a full invasion but suffered many casualties, as did Iraqi civilians. But this is beside the point. If war is justified and needed, then we should go and do our best to minimize our own casualties and Iraqi civilian casualties. But my question is not HOW, but WHETHER &amp; WHY?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jerry Smith, post: 658662, member: 2568"] Ok, since all we have is a hint, all we can do is guess. I'm guessing that he knew that there was the possibility someone would want to move against him in response to Kuwait, and wanted a nuclear deterrent to that. But lets make a more sinister guess: he wanted to use the nukes offensively against another party in the middle east. Can we go to war on the basis of a guess about his intentions of 12 years ago? Again, you are asking for guesses. My guess is that Iraq posesses and wishes to maintain posession of chemical and biological agents, although other explanations could exist. I asked you before: does posession of weapons of mass destruction create a justification for war? In all cases, or in some? If some - which ones? I'm not as confident. Remember Gulf War I? We stopped short of a full invasion but suffered many casualties, as did Iraqi civilians. But this is beside the point. If war is justified and needed, then we should go and do our best to minimize our own casualties and Iraqi civilian casualties. But my question is not HOW, but WHETHER & WHY? [/QUOTE]
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