Bush has reasons for being so determined against Iraq, as his father failed to oust Saddam in the Gulf War. Though it wasn’t actually part of the then coalition’s agenda, he wanted to do it and didn’t get too. Since then, Saddam has been a thorn in our side. The elder Bush regrets it and George W. wants to fix his father’s mistake. Imagine the conversations between those two.
Saddam is a bad man in all respects, but there is nothing to tie him to 9-11. Bush is telling the world that Saddam helped train and has harbored terrorist connected to 9-11, but isn’t presenting any proof of such. America simply cannot invade and conquer Iraq for merely being threatened or because they harbor ill feelings towards us? If so, then we would be going after half the world.
With our superior technology, it is a ridiculous notion that our forces cannot contain Iraq as we have done since the Gulf War. We can pinpoint Saddam’s efforts to manufacture and house weapons of mass destruction and we can take them out without an invasion force which would kill thousands of young men and women who wear our nation’s uniform. The containment effort is not failing, it’s just not being run properly and that plays into the hands of Bush and his desire for war.
Bush has used the lost pilot from the Gulf War as yet another excuse to go into Iraq. The downed airman was listed as missing and presumed dead and the president pushed to have that status changed to missing and presumed captured. The president actually had hopes the American people would rally behind an effort to free a man who is actually a long time dead. The information is simply not there to support such a change in status and the whole episode has surely been a strain on the lost flyer’s family.
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