Bush has a brain fart

[Vympel]

What about the superpower's allies in the region? Or do you think we should just ignore all our mutual-defense treaties?

Are you seriously suggesting that Iraq's decrepit forces were a threat to any other country in the region, who were *not* subject to crippling economic and military sanctions?

[TrailerParkJawa]

Iraq wouldn't be stupid enough to attack Kuwait again...Hussein is many things; an idiot is not one of them.

He's proved pretty fucking stupid when it comes to wars.

Skimmer is right, Sadam has proved to be quite stupid quite it comes to handling his military. Otherwise both the first Gulf War and Second Gulf War would not have happend or if they did American casulties would have been much higher.

Remember this is a guy who had a pretty decent arsenal and ended up fighting a war of attrition against the Iranians. He simply has no understanding of how to use his forces. To steal a phrase from Sadam, he is the mother of all underestimators.

[Stuart Mackey]

Why did Bush have to use the weapons of mass destruction as an argument?? Didn't he have plenty of other reasons to invade Iraq?

(although many of these reasons I have in mind might be morally justified but not legally justified)

Because he wanted other nations on board. And you can't invade nations based on morals only, otherwise there'd be an invasaion every second week.

Indeed. If that were the case NZ would have invaded Australia years ago for the theft of various Rugby trophies.

[Stuart Mackey]

And what about NK? Should we not also be going in there since they can be classed as more of a threat?

And I still don't see any WMD.

no reason to go there, they have no oil.

That, and the last Korean war wasn't a clear victory. (Not for lack of trying by our troops). No President would be excited at the prospect of rolling into a jungle where we were unable to clearly succeed before.

And let's not forget that they are black belts in Taekwondo. (At least South Korean officers are, according to the CNN Presents special on the Korean DMZ. Wouldn't surprise me if NK officers are, as well.)

Korea was not a war that the US, or anyone else {except the Korea's} committed their full strength to. As such its not a favorable example. The balance of the cold war was the Inter German Border, not Korea

As to TKD..bah..lets see them do all that kicking wearing boots, combat loads of of ammo, rations, water and packs that are half their body weight after a days combat and a 10 mile march.

[Durandal]

As to TKD..bah..lets see them do all that kicking wearing boots, combat loads of of ammo, rations, water and packs that are half their body weight after a days combat and a 10 mile march.

Obviously you didn't watch Korea's football team during the World Cup.

[Admiral Valdemar]

As to TKD..bah..lets see them do all that kicking wearing boots, combat loads of of ammo, rations, water and packs that are half their body weight after a days combat and a 10 mile march.

Obviously you didn't watch Korea's football team during the World Cup.

Then we counter with Shaolin football masters!

[Stuart Mackey]

As to TKD..bah..lets see them do all that kicking wearing boots, combat loads of of ammo, rations, water and packs that are half their body weight after a days combat and a 10 mile march.

Obviously you didn't watch Korea's football team during the World Cup.

Bzzt!
Were they encumbered by the above..after combat and a 10 mile march?..
No place for sports on a battlefield. {I make exception for that first ww1 christmas.}