perfidy

Well, AI unit:Edward_Gibbon00132 may be able to pack sufficient nuance and non-simplisme to satisfy you into 2500 words, but I can't.

But what are the perils? Is the UN gonna take us out? They can't agree to remove a pathetic weakling of a vile toad like Saddam, what are they going to do to us? Sanctions? I would laugh for years on that one. We, France, Britain, China and Russia (and Israel and Pakistan and India) have nukes. That is enough. I don't think it unreasonable to think that keeping nukes out of the hands of deranged cracksmoker like Saddam.

As for finances, we will pay for the war, and we will sell Iraq's oil to finance the reconstruction. Even in a slow economy, 100 billion is still not that much money. Its only a one time expense, for cryin' out loud.

All due respect, but are you on crack? The world court is a kangaroo court that seems expressly designed to screw with us. And, it violates not national soveriegnty, but several of the bill of rights. We can't sign a treaty that violates individual rights. And Kyoto imposes economy wrecking restrictions on us, when our emissions are decreasing anyway, while leaving India, China and the rest of the world free to pollute and kill snail darters. Most European nations haven't ratified it either. There have been no real consequences, let alone peril, from not signing those ridiculouse, disingenuous treaties.

We do have a reasonably coherent foriegn policy, looked at from far enough off, and that's enough for this buckethead. No policy in this veil of tears will ever be perfectly consistent. But as long as we are whacking the bad guys, well okay then.