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Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Six simple questions about Iraq

1. Since most of the 9/11 attackers came from Saudi Arabia, why did we attack Iraq?

2. What exactly was the pre-war link between Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden?

3. Once again, where are these damn weapons of mass destruction?

4. Oh, now it's about spreading democracy. But didn't candidate Bush repeatedly criticize the United Nations for attempting "nation building"?

5. If the concern is WMD proliferation, why are we still building them, and why don't we get serious with nations we know for sure have them? (Pakistan comes to mind, though Israel is up there too...)

6. If we are so concerned about tyrants and undemocratic regimes, why have we been supporting scores of them in the past (including Iraq, Chile, Nicaragua, El Salvador...), and why aren't we attacking the mother of all undemocratic nations, China?
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