Originally posted by: Tabb
Naturally, the common people don't want war, but after all, it is the leader of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy, or fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denouce the pacifists for a lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.
-Hermann Goering, Hitlers Reich-Marshell
on september 11, 2001, the iraq imbroglio was ten years old. the planet knew saddam was
vile and intransigent before osama made his name. the differences between saddam and
osama were nil when judged by their wanton violence against innocent people. the u.n.
unscom director, richard butler, declared the proliferation of wmd in rogue nations to be
'the greatest threat' to world peace, hence the title of his book. all the bush admin needed
to do was bridge the small distance between saddam's sponsorship of terrorism and his
desire for wmd to make a pressing case for immediate action, assuming diplomacy had
been exhausted. after 12 years of being toyed with by saddam, i think the answer is obvious.