Fairly boring commentary from an oversensitive, emotionally demanding computer nerd (with a not-so brand-new 4-year-old, and two cats)
November 09, 2002
The UN and Iraq
I've been hesitant to post about the Iraq situation, because it seems like it has gotten blogged to death, but I think the Security Council resolution is a big step forward, for these reasons:
1) It might actually work. I don't want to see Saddam heavily armed, and if this can be avoided without war, all to the better
2) I believe in the UN -- it is far, far from perfect but it is the only world organization we've got right now
3) Bush has stepped down, at least a little, from the cowboy stance he started out with
4) I never quite understood why "regime change" in and of itself was a legit goal of the US
5) Bush appears to be listening to Colin Powell. As Martha used to say, "It's a Good Thing". You might not agree with Powell on everything but at least he packs a lot of brainpower, and courage of conviction.
Do I trust Saddam? Do I trust Bush? Does anyone here really want peace?
Well, we don't need to solve all of this at once. Managing to put off a war for a while (without giving free rein to dictators -- we cannot completely forget the appeasement of Hitler (and I'm not comparing any one in this situation to him)) is enough for right now.
A lot of parentheticals there. But parentheses are better than bombs -- from either direction.
Posted by markj at November 9, 2002 12:09 PM
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