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Looking into my crystal ball

So Colin Powell is going to speak about Iraq today, to try to convince the world that Saddam Hussein is dangerous and needs to be removed. Predicted responses from the anti-war crowd, in no particular order:

1. There's no smoking gun here.
   
2. Let the inspections work!
   
3. No blood for oil!
   
4. So what? We should focus on the war on Islamic terror, not the war on Islamic dictators who support terror.
   
5. Nous nous rendons en Irak!
   
6. That doesn't prove anything. "Quick, hide the nuclear weapons! The inspectors are coming!" could mean just about anything.
   
7. He's not really a threat anyway.
   
8. Won't somebody please think of the children? War never solves anything.
   
9. Hey, look, out of these 7,000 polls done in the last half year, here's one from months ago that said that Americans don't want to act unilaterally. See? Bush hasn't made his case. We can't go to war unless 110% of the population approves.
   
10. If you can gather all this evidence, then Iraq doesn't pose a threat.
    
11. It's all about Bush avenging his father, so the evidence doesn't count.
    
12. I found a CIA employee -- okay, a janitor, but still -- who questions the Bush administration's interpretation of this evidence. So it doesn't prove anything.
    
13. Okay, so what if he has weapons of mass destruction. So does , so isn't it hypocritical of us to demand that he give them up? And besides, the U.S. once used nuclear weapons. And besides, we knew he was using chemical weapons before, so we can't do anything about it now.
    
14. But, wait, Jimmy Carter has a plan that will solve everything!
    
15. The evidence is fabricated.
    
16. But what about North Korea?
    
17. Bush is stupid.
    

Unlikely response:

Gosh, you were right and we were wrong. We didn't really have the facts and didn't know what we were talking about. Sorry for doubting you. Obviously, you were right all along, and we should have listened. Invading Iraq is an important step in the war on terror. Chanting slogans isn't really an adequate substitute for learning how international affairs work. We'll never question your superior wisdom again.
posted by David Nieporent at 2/05/2003 07:20:00 AM |