Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
This is intentioned as a sobering and well intentioned thought... ...
Q: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?
A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction.
Q: But the UN inspectors didn't find any weapons of mass destruction.
A: That's because the Iraqis were hiding them.
Q: And that's why we invaded Iraq?
A: Yes. Invasions always work better than inspections.
Q: But after we invaded them, we STILL didn't find any weapons of mass
destruction, did we?
A: That's because the weapons are so well hidden. Don't worry, the
occupying forces will find something, probably right before the 2004
election.
Q: Why did Iraq want all those weapons of mass destruction?
A: To use them in a war against their enemies, silly.
Q: I'm confused. If they had all those weapons that they planned to
use in a war, then why didn't they use any of those weapons when the US
and Britain went to war against them?
A: Well, obviously they didn't want anyone to know they had those
weapons, so in order to confuse us they chose to die by the thousands
rather than defend themselves by using any of the weapons of mass
destruction.
Q: That doesn't make sense. Why would they choose to die if they had
all those big weapons with which they could have fought back?
A: Iraq is in the Middle East. It's a totally different culture. It's
not supposed to make any sense to us in the West.
Q: I don't know about you, but I don't think they had any of those
weapons President Bush said they did.
A: Well, you know, it doesn't really matter whether or not they had
weapons of mass destruction. President Bush had another good reason to
launch a pre-emptive strike against Iraq anyway.
Q: And what was that?
A: Even if Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destruction, Saddam
Hussein was a cruel and vicious dictator, which is another good reason to
invade his country.
Q: Why? What does a cruel dictator do that makes it okay to invade his
country?
A: Well, for one thing, he tortured and killed his own people.
Q: Kind of like what they do in China?
A: Don't go comparing China to Iraq. China is a good economic partner,
where millions of people work for low wages in sweatshops to help US
corporations achieve a high-profit margin. That helps all Americans.
Q: So if a country lets its people be exploited for American corporate
gain, it's a good country, even if that country tortures and kills its
own people?
A: Right.
Q: Why were people in Iraq being tortured and killed?
A: For political crimes, mostly, like criticizing the government.
People who criticized the government in Iraq were sent to prison and
tortured
or killed.
Q: Isn't that exactly what happens in China?
A: I told you, China is different.
Q: What's the difference between China and Iraq?
A: Well, for one thing, Iraq was ruled by the Ba'ath party, while
China is a Communist country.
Q: Didn't you once tell me Communists were bad?
A: No, just Cuban Communists are bad.
Q: How are the Cuban Communists bad?
A: Well, for one thing, people who criticize the government in Cuba
are sent to prison and tortured.
Q: Like in Iraq?
A: Exactly.
Q: And like in China, too?
A: I told you, China's a good economic partner. Cuba, on the other
hand, is not.
Q: How come Cuba isn't a good economic partner?
A: Well, you see, back in the early 1960s, our government passed laws
that made it illegal for Americans to trade or do any business with
Cuba until they stopped being Communists and started being good capitalists
like us.
Q: But if we repealed those laws, opened up trade with Cuba, and
started doing business with them, wouldn't that help the Cubans become
capitalists?
A: Don't be a smart-ass.
Q: I didn't think I was being one.
A: Well, anyway, they also don't have freedom of religion in Cuba.
Q: Kind of like China and the Falun Gong movement?
A: I told you, stop saying bad things about China. Anyway, Saddam
Hussein came to power through a military coup, so he's not really a
legitimate leader anyway.
Q: What's a military coup?
A: That's when a military general takes over the government of a
country by force, instead of holding free elections like we do in the United
States.
Q: Didn't the ruler of Pakistan come to power by a military coup?
A: You mean General Pervez Musharraf? Yes, he did, but Pakistan is our
friend.
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or I won't even wait for the Forum moderator to pull this thread - I'd happily do it myself at the drop of a hat!
) adult when it comes right down to it and it wasn't too long ago when it was convenient for the west to turn a blind eye when it suited. If nothing else, you'll get a sneak preview of what the "creative" defence team will be alluding to... . putting even OJ's defence into perspective perhaps 
