"The US intends to shatter Iraq 'physically, emotionally and psychologically' by raining down on its people as many as 800 cruise missiles in two days."

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/ ... 06.html</a>

"The US intends to shatter Iraq 'physically, emotionally and psychologically' by raining down on its people as many as 800 cruise missiles in two days."</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>That link's pretty old... but regardless, I wouldn't doubt it. Bush: "Oh, we love the Iraqi people... but we're sorry that we're gonna have to kill several thousand of you to prevent people from dying!"</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>You prefer Saddam to do it instead, eh?</div>

[Julius Seeker]

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>The US government has killed WAY more Iraqis than Saddam has, directly around 200,000 have been killed, and indirectly over 2 million. Saddam killed what? 5,000 militant Kurds and 1200 Religious fanatic Shi-ites?</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>You've forgotten political prisoners, friends, relatives and other Iraqis.....you know....lots that you've ignored. So...do YOU prefer Saddam to stay in power?</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Actually I think the US and Saddam are about even in the killing of Iraqis at this time (between 1-2 million -- 8-16% of the population have died)</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>No genius, I'd prefer that we not bomb civilians.</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>So, if Bush does it, he's not a sadistic leader, but if Saddam does, he is?</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>when he's doing it to liberate a country-- yes</div>

[Torgo]

<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>That's a really easy method of spending over $30 billion in two days.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>No, and I don't prefer that Kim Jong-il stay in power either, but I'm not going to bomb the fuck out of North Korea to remove him.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Liberate? Do you seriously believe Bush is going to put a democracy in place? He's just going to make sure that a dictatorship that's friendly to the US will take over.</div>

[Manshoon]

<div style='font: 14pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>NK has nukes, so bombing's impractical either way. But we can still cut off any trace of aid to them.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>And if the situation with Iraq is any lesson, that will only harm the population, not the leaders.</div>

[Manshoon]

<div style='font: 14pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>NK is already indebted to us for all the humanitarian aid we've sent them. Why should we be obligated to continue it when it's clear they utterly despise us?</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>They, as in the population, or they, as in its leader?</div>

[Manshoon]

<div style='font: 14pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>The leader/government.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Therefore, whether they (as in the leader) despise us or not is illrelevant.</div>

[Manshoon]

<div style='font: 14pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>Except that it's impossible to only feed the North Korean people without ending up feeding the government and military as well.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>You didn't listen to the news about the UN and it's plans for Iraq after Saddam has been removed, have you?</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>We're not Palestinian terrorists that target civilians exclusively. We're going after military. I wish you and Sine would understand that.</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah, and a US-led war with little UN support is gonna support what the UN wants to do afterwards</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>exactly-- It's the perfect way to turn us into the good guys in the end. Talk about a PR move</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>I totally understand that, but why bomb a civilian city indiscriminantly?</div>