Striking Now Prevents Catastrophe later...

To my loyal fans (all 2 of you):

Sorry about the time between postings - Stupid Accounting exams are getting in the way of my blog creativity!

Something has been bugging me for the past couple of months now:

A summary of what seems to be going on is as follows:

1. The United States is fighting a war against al-Qaeda in response to terrorist attacks made on New York and the Pentagon
2. The United States is threatening to invade Iraq to disarm the current regime (ie Sadaam Hussein) of suspected Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

1 does not equal 2.

The logic of many anti-war protests seems to be that if Iraq has no connection to al-Qaeda, then there is no reason to go bugging Sadaam. Let sleeping dogs lie. That seemed to be the stategy the US pursued in the 90's (thank you President Clinton) Sadaam even became a defanged caracature of himself (I'm thinking Hot Shots, South Park and Seinfeld here) rather than the evil bastard that used chemical weapons quite cheerfully in the Iran-Iraq war and on the Kurds in the north of Iraq.

The scary part is that I don't think anyone (even the most bleeding-heart) doubts that Sadaam is up to no good- he's had 12 years since Desert Storm to brew up as much mischief as he can (again thank you Neville Chamberlain sorry Bill Clinton) He needs removing.

The reason to do it now has nothing to do with al-Qaeda. With suspected WMD's but as yet no major capability to deliver them the world has an opportunity to stop Iraq now, whereas would could anyone even consider stopping North Korea now? Iraq isn't North Korea as many are fond of saying- but they could be; unless the world acts now.