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Originally Posted by Xaccers
As I said, ineffective action to resolve a problem is the same as taking no action at all.
If a house was on fire, and someone stood by just watching, another person tried to blow out the flames, and a third person phoned the fire brigade, which of the three should be thanked??
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Have to say, love the inappropriate metaphors - a child getting mugged, or a house on fire, is a much,much simpler situation than the "illegal" (in the the eyes of the UN) overthrow of a sovereign government on the reasons stated at the time
- Illegal weapons of mass destructions
- supporting terrorist organisations
which turned out to have no basis in reality.
How much simpler - well, I can help the child, or try to put out the fire, without worrying if there will be internecine warfare afterwards, with members of the family trying to kill the firefighters with Improvised Explosive Devices, or other members of families from neighbouring houses coming in to help attack the firefighters. I wouldn't expect looting of the house afterwards either.
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
So Saddam in power until that arab support was gained was an acceptable situation for you?
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So, an (in the eyes of the 3 out of the 5 UN Security Council members) illegal invasion was ok for you?