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With that in mind, perhaps it is worth drawing your attention to a UK intelligence memo dated January 12th 2003. In it, you will find that it is the considered opinion of this particular intelligence gathering outfit that "any fledgling links between Al-Quaida and Iraq foundered due to incompatible ideaologies".
Because, if you remember, we're going to war with Saddam because Sept 11th (perpetrated by Al-Quaida) proved what a threat Iraq, with it's total lack of links with Usama and his buddies, really is.
Not, and I can't make this clear enough, to safeguard cheap oil supplies for the next 15 years.
With that in mind, perhaps it is worth drawing your attention to a UK intelligence memo dated January 12th 2003. In it, you will find that it is the considered opinion of this particular intelligence gathering outfit that "any fledgling links between Al-Quaida and Iraq foundered due to incompatible ideaologies".
Because, if you remember, we're going to war with Saddam because Sept 11th (perpetrated by Al-Quaida) proved what a threat Iraq, with it's total lack of links with Usama and his buddies, really is.
Not, and I can't make this clear enough, to safeguard cheap oil supplies for the next 15 years.
~~Belldandy~~
The reason it keeps coming up is because Dubya is essentially invading a sovereign state for their oil, NOT for some high minded idea of human rights (because otherwise Israel would be screwed) and NOT because of their weapons of mass destruction (Did you see that North Korea today threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the US? When did Iraq do that exactly?).
Still, this is a first; I've never seen someone try to dismiss a legitimate concern by saying that, because everyone is pointing it out it must therefore be irrelevant.
> Did you see that North Korea today threatened a pre-emptive
> nuclear strike against the US?
I read it a different way on CNN.com. N.Korea were saying that if the U.S. did a pre-emptive strike on them it would start a full-scale war on the Korean Peninsula.
North Korea has warned the United States that any decision to send more troops to the region could lead the North to make a pre-emptive attack on American forces.
US officials said on Tuesday that Washington was considering strengthening its military forces in the Pacific Ocean as a deterrent against North Korea.
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This translates into "You send soldiers, we'll nuke you back to Minutemen days"
He's been so vocal about Hussein because of "weapons of mass destruction", that when the world said "Korea has nuclear weapons now and they're a lot bigger than Iraq", Bush was all "Yeah, they're next on the list for talks"
Korea's response?
"Any attempt to impose sanctions will be considered an act of war"
United States backs down and decides to move troops in instead to "monitor"
Korea's response?
"Send troops here and we'll destroy you"
Basically, The States ain't gonna take on North Korea because they dont stand a chance. They only like to tell small countries that present zero threat what to do.
Hence Iraq is a bad man country yet India and Pakistan are not their problem.
It's funny to watch