The Official War Room

[Jason]

im no fan of war, but sadaam needs to get out, so im kind of in the middle on the whole thing

i will say this though, bush has had a tough tenure, going through 9/11, economic slump and now war... even if some of it might be his fault, i wouldnt want to be in his shoes

[RacerX]

At about this point in the term of Bush-I, he had about a 72% approval rating. Every major Democrat pulled out of the race figuring he would win.

[JetwingX]

I think that by doing this, Bush has jeopardized his ablilty to run for a second term.

What would be happening right now if Gore was president?


and my final two comments
1) kanecorp, watch your mouth
2) toast, stop pushing him

[Giaguara]

"Fighting for peace is like f*©king for virginity."

- I forgot again who was the one who said it (read fryke's signature to find out) but that makes as much sense.

[toast]

What was this Rolling Stones song ?
Sparks will fly...

Not only have we proved that our international institutions have neither power or legitimity, we have also proved we are unable to stop the strongest to attack the weakest. 'We' is the Western countries' block. All I hope is that my President won't stop his action for peace now.

[Randman]

But is France doing it for peace or for $$$. Why help a country with the second-greatest oil reserves in the world develop a nuclear reactor if not to make weapons?? With that much oil, Iraw needs nuclear power like Cheney needs an invisibility cloak. Making a stand on principle (in any nation) is one thing, doing it to protect one's financial interests is another (and that goes for Bush as well as Chirac or Saddam or anyone else).

But Chirac has said France will join in the battle if Iraq unleases chemical weapons...

All we can hope for now is a quick resolution with a minimum of casualties all around so we can go back to debating things like paying $1 a song to Apple and if the iPod should have a radio tuner, or really important things such as why M$ $uck$.

[toast]

France is protecting not only its economy (because yes, wa have interests in Iraq, just as every OPEP-trading country), but also its people. It's a bit risky to declare war on an Arabic country, you know .

Chirac will not join war IMHO. Bush is acting unilaterally now.

[Randman]

If the Allied (yes, Allied since it's not just the US going in) attack can achieve its objectives quickly enough, this all might turn to Dubya's favor. Few casualties, good ratings, lower gas prices, ruthless despot removed, Palestinian statehood plan on the map (thanks to goading from Blair) is going to boost Bush into a second term and revive popular opinion of him and America across the world (and I'm working in SE Asia right now so I see things a little more from the international POV more than stateside).
Now if Saddam hunkers down and tries to turn Baghdad into a live version of BlackHawk Down, it's going to be ugly. Luckily, Baghdad has nice open streets for the tanks to roll into.

I'm not saying if it's right or wrong, just that people have a short attention span.