So its like it is 1991 all over again. U.S. soldiers are in desert gear about to invade Iraq. Patriot missle batteries are all around them. We seem to see Colin Powell on the television alot. And there’s a new Nirvana song on the radio (“You Know You’re Right”) I feel like I’m back in high school again.
What are they gonna call this pending war? Gulf War II? Do they even have a name for the Afghanistan War? Somehow “The War on Terror” seems less enduring.
If 1991’s war was about oil, today’s war is about staying safe. And the funny thing is we had more international support when it was about oil. Now no one seems to think Iraq is a threat to anybody. At least not enough to take Iraq out militarily. “Oh the humanity!” they scream from their artdeco apartments. The thing is, I am pretty sure these peace activitists are pro-peace because its the cool trendy thing to do, not because they understand the potential threat or anything. Let them exprience ground zero at NYC in real time on September 11th. Then ask them again if Saddam is a threat. Anybody who even has a hint of threatening behavior needs to be dealt with. Inspections aren’t working. Running around like Inspector Clouseau is about as effective as one of those “wild goosechases” Waylon Jennings always spoke about in the Dukes of Hazzard.
Part of me wants to get UN approval for it. Then the other part says we don’t need UN approval because some nations will never experience the real threat we experience. We’ll never be able to convince France of the threat Saddam poses to us.