[Vision2020] Your Position on the War in Iraq

[Joe Huffman]

I am of the opinion it is not possible for me (nor anyone else without the
security clearances and "the need to know") to know for certain if Iraq
posed a threat to the U.S.  Given that, I haven't really formed an opinion
one way or the other.  To me it boils down to a question of trust.  Do I
trust Bush and his advisors are defending the country, as required by the
constitution, as opposed to some other motive such as personal profit or
gaining political power?  I can't convince myself with any degree of
certainty of any of the multitude of plausible hypothesis.

Given this I wonder how it is that others manage to have such conviction in
their opinions.  There are only two things I see as plausible:

1) They have access to knowledge I don't -- this seems unlikely in most
cases.
2) The correct view of the world and it's events is much simpler than I
believe it to be -- again this seems unlikely.  I suspect the world and it's
events are much more complex that I can imagine.

Therefore I conclude that people with a strong opinion on both sides of the
issue are wrong -- perhaps one side or the other is correct in their
conclusion but almost for certain they are wrong in having a strong opinion
about it.

-joe-
P.S.  I'm a bit behind in my email and just read Don Kaag's email about "as
soon as the Iraqi armor clears the suburbs, every airplane in the inventory
will take turns turning them
into junk."  I suspect he is wrong on this.  I think it would be more like a
"feeding frenzy" than "taking turns".  Provided a sandstorm doesn't conceal
them from the visual, IR, RF, and any other sensors (such as ground
observers) available to the pilots.
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-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
Behalf Of Garrett Clevenger
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:14 PM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Your Position on the War in Iraq


I'm wondering if there are any others out there who swing from supporting
this war to opposing it?

Before this started, I was in the camp that wanted the UN to solve this
problem, preferably by using the inspections.  That not being the case,  I
did not want the US to invade Iraq.

Since we are there, I swing from wanting our military to finish this off and
remove Saddam's regime while we are there to wanting to call a cease fire
before the street fighting in Baghdad begins and more blood is shed.

My favorite source of info (since I only get PBS on tv) is www.cspan.org via
RealPlayer.  They have pretty comprehensive coverage which includes media
from many outlets.  Plus they have a call in show where our fellow citizens
can spout there support or opposition.

This definately is a complex issue, not black and white at all.  So many
arguments are for and against the invasion.  It's pretty over-whelming and
frustrating though seeing Mr. Bush simplyfing this so much.

I will be at the peace rally on saturday at 1pm at Guy Wick's Field showing
my support for peace and gathering with others who are opposed to Mr. Bush's
potential future military actions in the middle east.  It is our duty as
Americans to prevent the military machine from stirring up even more hatred
towards the US for our aggresive foreign policies.

We deserve to have leaders who are honest, upfront and wage peace.  We won't
get them if we stay silent.

Any ways, I'd like to hear from others whose views on our actions in Iraq
right now change like mine do.

Thanks in advance,

Garrett Clevenger

http://www.icehouse.net/garrett

"What are we doing to our Home?!:("

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