stop spam wrote:
From a blog I frequent... interesting parallel, perhaps, especially if
you compare the Iran-Iraq war and the invasion of Kuwait with Hitler's
pre-1939 maneuvering?


If, in 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt would have invaded Germany, captured
Hitler, neutralized the Nazi party, and dismantled the standing
military, thus saving europe from the ravages of war, genocide, and
crimes against humanity, then the United States would have been
condemned in shame by the world as an imperialist nation of pre-emptive
aggressors, and FDR would have been cast out of office in the subsequent
election.

....and yet, he would have been a Genius who was never celebrated for it.



First of all, the invasion of Iraq was not a preemptive strike. It was
President's personal reasons that drove him to war. Iraq under Saddam
was no fun but Iraq as it stands now is a breeding ground for the
terrorists and, IMHO, a much bigger threat to the US.

If W wanted to go pre-emptive, he should've dealt with N Korea (have
real WMD programs, have always threatened WMD war if touched), Pakistan
(supposedly our friends, but in reality an Islamic fundamentalist state
with nukes that lets its leading nuclear scientist to sell secrets to
other fundamentalist nation and wouldn't prosecute him for that), or the
Saudis (they finance all Osama wannabes out there & jack up oil prices
to make US pay for it). W's been afraid to touch any of them. He picked
on the wrong enemy for a wrong reason.