Message #31638

[smithj]

I'm in the minority here, but I don't think the US should get involved, yet.
We went in once and didn't do much.  
If we take Saddam out of power, then who's to say the next regime isn't going to do the same.
We can't just ignore 200 years of our history by saying we're going to attack countries b/c they "may" be a threat against us.
This is far bigger than just Iraq.  This is a Middle East crisis, one that the US has already put our nose in a bit too much.
I mean, c'mon, Bush goes to the UN says we need to do something about Iraq (hoping to get agreement of Allied troops to use force) Iraq agrees to the weapons inspectors (which is a joke) and Bush is already checking to make sure he doesn't need Congressional approval to declare war.  It's insane.
Let's finish the first job (bin Laden) before we move on to the next, that's what happened the first time we went in to Iraq.  
Aside from the fact that we know far more other "hostile" countries in the "Evil Axis" have nuclear capabilities.
I saw we should've had intelligence in there long ago and we should get some in there now.  
Our economy is already a mess and Bush is just looking for something to get his approval rate up.
People have lost lives and it's tragic, but far more will if we don't know what we're getting ourselves into.