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Kirk Hemmen · 2003-01-24T17:34:59-06:00

What is your take on the potential war with Iraq? I'm no fan of Hussein by any means, but to me I think the whole thing is really hurting America's image. I have to admit that I'm starting to see why other countries think of us as a global bully. I mean, who are we to say which countries can and can't have nuclear weapons? We have them. Germany does. Why aren't we over telling Germany that they'd better disarm? Doesn't every country have a right to protect themselves just like we do? Of course the Bush administration's point is that Hussein has shown that he's willing to use weapons of mass destruction. Well so has America. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't we the only country to ever use them against an opponent? The other thing is that we still have yet to see any proof. I don't understand why, if we have all kinds of evidence, can't the world be informed of it? Why all the secrecy? If there really is bundles of undiable proof of Iraq's weapons that is being used as the justification for war, don't the American people, who will be fighting that very war, deserve to know about it? Don't get me wrong, I'm no tree-hugger. If Iraq shot a nuke at us, I'd say turn their country into a parking lot. But this conflict seems to stray from the typical American way.... am I missing something?