Proving Once Again That They'll Print A Letter From Almost Any Wacko
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune's Sunday's letters from readers:
In the aftermath of the attack on the U.N. headquarters in Iraq many want to assign blame to President Bush. A letter writer in today's paper laid it out quite simply. If the United States had not invaded Iraq, the U.N. headquarters would not have been attacked.
While the statement is probably correct, to not expand beyond it is intellectually dishonest. What would have happened if the United States had not invaded Iraq?
* Iraqis would still be being tortured and murdered in prisons.
* Saddam Hussein's son Uday would still be raping and brutalizing women.
* The families of Palestinian suicide bombers would continue to receive payments from Saddam for their ghastly acts of terror .
* Terrorists would continue to find refuge in Iraq and receive material support from the regime.
* Saddam's regime would still be pursuing weapons of mass destruction.
The attack on the U.N. headquarters in Iraq was unfortunate. But it was nothing compared to the suffering of the Iraqi people and the potential threats posed by Saddam's regime that would be continuing to this day if the United States had not invaded Iraq. That's the simple truth of the matter. The whole truth.
Chad Doughty, St. Louis Park.
Wait a minute. That was a coherent well presented argument. Now how did that find its way into the Strib?
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