Monday,February,05,2007

The answers to my Iraq War Questions of March 2003

Herein I publish answer to my own questions

Sorry, It’s a work in progress. More answers coming soon. Running out of time right now, but wanted to get this posted.

Question:
Does Iraq currently pose a “clear and present danger” to the US?

Answer:
The Bushies sure said it was: In Their Own Words: Iraq’s ‘Imminent’ Threat
Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them

Question:
Will the world (and the US) be safer without Sadaam running Iraq?

Answer:
From the Washington Post: Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight
NIE says no

Questions:
Has there been any evidence that Iraq has supported any terrorism?
Has there been any evidence that Iraq has supported any terrorism aimed at the US?

Answers:
From the Washington Post: Iraq’s Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties Were Disputed Before War

Question:
Has there been any proof that Iraq still has WMD?

Answer:
From MSNBC: CIA’s final report: No WMD found in Iraq
From CN: Iraq war wasn’t justified, U.N. weapons experts say

Question:
Can we contain the Iraqi threat *without* war?

Answer
Well, it’s kinda hard to prove what “could have been”, but I think it’s clear that what we did failed:

Answer:

Question:
Who stands to gain financially from war with Iraq?

Answer:
The usual war profiteers

Question:
Do we have a plan for what to do after we topple Sadaam?

Answer:
From the Guardian: US postwar Iraq strategy a mess, Blair was told

Question:
Are we going to be able to put in place a Democratic government in a
country that is populated by hugely different ethnic groups that don’t
like each other, and may lack the societal acumen to make democracy
work?

Answer:
From Foreign Affairs: Was Iraq a Fool’s Errand?
Iraq lacks any of the preconditions academics generally accept as being necessary for democratization to succeed. It has no middle class to speak of independent from the state; oil revenues, the life-line of any Iraqi regime, are notorious for their ability to centralize rather than democratize power; the country has no tradition of limited or responsible government; national identity is weak in the face of rival religious or ethnic loyalties; regional neighbors will do what they can to undermine whatever democratizing movements exist......

Question:
Is the estimated $100 BILLION that we’ll spend on Iraq best spent there?

Answer:
You tell me… From ABC News: Who’s Counting: How Iraq Trillion Could Have Been Spent

Question:
What are the econmic consequences of war, both for the US and the world?

Answer:
Wikipedia is tallying the US: cost

Question:
Could war cause more terrorism, and further alienate us from
Arab/Muslim people?

Answer:
Like Margie said in Fargo, “You Betcha”
From the Washington Post: U.S. occupation has become a potent recruiting tool for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups,

Question:
Is it possible that we aren’t going to get what we think we will from
invading Iraq??

Answer:

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