[LRB]

<< That's the problem...Saddam is deadly, Bin Ladden is deadly, Marines are deadly, North Corea is deadly, this coming war is going to be deadly, for the US, for Irak, for Israel, for Palestine, maybe for many other people (american citizens?). Irak is not Afganistan; it's too much stronger and maybe is capable to make a biological war into the States, you know how.
War is not a game. It's deadly for both sides.
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Chiwas: It is true that war is not a game and is deadly. However the problems with North Korea and Iraq have result from wars of conquest that were started by North Korea and Iraq.

The North Korean was is ongoing and the United States has remained in a state of war with North Korea since 1950. While no side has launched any major offensives since 1953 when a cease fire agreement was reached, there have been countless &quot;border skirmishes&quot; resulting in 1000's of dead on both sides. South Korean/North Korean boder is considered a combat assignment by the US military and does frequently invlove combat. North Korea has refused for over 50 years to relent in its objective of conquering South Korea. The only thing stopping them from launching an offensive is the US military's threat of retaliation. If they could seriously lessen that threat with a premptive nuclear strike who knows if they would or not. They are also one of the major sellers of weapons to terrorists and nations that sponsor terrorists. Would they give a nuke to terrorists? Maybe. The only way to protect millions of innocent civilians world wide is to stop the program before they have a chance to use a nuke or give a nuke to those who might.

Iraq lost its war of aggression to conquer Kuwait. They surrendered and agreed to terms. Since then they have blatantly disreguarded those terms of surrender. They may say they are corrporationg, but they are not fully corroporating. They do sponsor terrorist who are at war with the US. The only sure way to keep Nukes out of terrorists hands is to destroy any in countries which support terrorists.

Iraq and North Korea do not need weapons of mass destruction for self-defense. They are perfectly capable of defending themselves from anyone but the US. We will only attack them because they have attacked us, attacked someone else, or are building weapons of mass destruction.

Another way to put it, how would you feel if your neighbor bought a gun, loaded it, and held it to your head threating to pull the trigger. When you called the police, they said they couldn't do anything until he shot you.

Also remember those who refuse to learn from history are forced to repeat their mistakes. We along with most of the world refused to do anything about Hitler when he ignored the terms of surrender for world war I and built up Germany's military. The result of not acting sooner was millions of lifes, many of them German civlians, lost. If we and others had stood up to Hitler sooner there would have been lose of life, but much less. The only choice we had was when to go to war and how many will die. I believe we have the same choices today. I do not want to see millions of people lose their lives because we invested in a fruitless cause for pease. For warmongers, and that is what the Sadaam and the North Korean rulers and the terrorists are, there is no chance of pease. The only question is when will you have a war and how many will die in it. These warmongers will target and kill innocent civilians with gusto. The more powerful you let them get, the more innocents who will die. I say we kill the SOB's and get it done with myself.