Modification of Geneva Conventions

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

The war looks like it was a bad idea now. Things are not good over in Iraq at all. But hypothtically, let's suppose that the insurgency wasn't so strong. Let's suppose things would have gotten under contorl after a couple of years the way we thought and everyone was living in realtive peace right now in Iraq. Would you still be upset about the invasion or would you be happy about it and figure that they are much better off in a free Iraq with no Saddam?

Technically, after 9/11, Bush was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. It sucks.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Technically, after 9/11, Bush was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. It sucks.

I don't think he was damned if he didn't. There was no real compelling case to go into Iraq at that time. I'm not saying that there wasn't any good reason to go into Iraq. There were some good reasons but there was nothing that was absolutely compelling. I don't think Saddam was that big of a threat at the time. I am partially speaking in hindsight though. If they really thought he was getting close to developing nuclear weapons(we now know that he wasn't), I can see why they thought they needed to go in.

I remember at the time when I heard they were talking about going into Iraq, I was kind of surprised. I totally understood them going into Afghanistan and I totally favored that. I didn't know why they wanted to go into Iraq but I figured they must know what they're doing. I figured that they must know something that I don't know. It turns out that they didn't.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I don't think he was damned if he didn't. There was no real compelling case to go into Iraq at that time. I'm not saying that there wasn't any good reason to go into Iraq. There were some good reasons but there was nothing that was absolutely compelling. I don't think Saddam was that big of a threat at the time. I am partially speaking in hindsight though. If they really thought he was getting close to developing nuclear weapons(we now know that he wasn't), I can see why they thought they needed to go in.

I remember at the time when I heard they were talking about going into Iraq, I was kind of surprised. I totally understood them going into Afghanistan and I totally favored that. I didn't know why they wanted to go into Iraq but I figured they must know what they're doing. I figured that they must know something that I don't know. It turns out that they didn't.

I remember there being press about how there was a possiblity of nuclear weapon development. Let's just say that we decided to NOT invade instead of taking the current path that we did and it turned out that there WAS in fact nuclear weapons being developed and we had a similar situation to 9/11 happen AGAIN, wouldn't you think that Bush would have been damned if he didn't? I do.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I remember there being press about how there was a possiblity of nuclear weapon development. Let's just say that we decided to NOT invade instead of taking the current path that we did and it turned out that there WAS in fact nuclear weapons being developed and we had a similar situation to 9/11 happen AGAIN, wouldn't you think that Bush would have been damned if he didn't? I do.

Yes, that's true.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I remember there being press about how there was a possiblity of nuclear weapon development. Let's just say that we decided to NOT invade instead of taking the current path that we did and it turned out that there WAS in fact nuclear weapons being developed and we had a similar situation to 9/11 happen AGAIN, wouldn't you think that Bush would have been damned if he didn't? I do.

When we talk about nuclear weapon development, you have to understand how far behind a country new to the game would be. You cant hide nuclear reactors. The switches not to mention the plutonium arent easy to get.

Since we are playing hypotheticals, lets just say the country became nuclear (which is way far from reality but regardless). In order to be a threat the US, do you realize what type of technology goes into an ICBM? They couldnt even hit Israel right with scuds and they arent that far away. How would you expect them to deliver said missile ten thousand miles away and have it work once it got here? And they are going to develop this type of technology in the dark under US surveillance and what would stop the US from bombing any reactor that was developed anyway? We owned the skies over there didnt we?

Wmd's were always a smokescreen.