(October 7, 2011 at 4:12 am)5thHorseman Wrote: I don't know why they didn't just say 'he keeps saying no to inspections, he funds terror, kills ethnic minorities, he needs to get got.'
Because if this was all that mattered, they would have to justify intervening in Iraq while leaving alone all of the evil people in other places such as Africa. Let's face it, Sadaam was a bad guy, but there are many other countries under the control of worse factions. Bush had to concoct a scenario that would justify ignoring all the other bad guys while going straight for Sadaam.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
