A Few Simple Questions
Dear Mr. President,
As war with Iraq approaches inevitability, I still find myself confused over a few minor matters that I was hoping you could clear up before the killing starts:
1. Where is Osama bin Laden?
2. Who was behind the Anthrax mailings of Autumn 2001?
3. Why are we more worried about Iraq, a nation that may have an emerging nuclear program, than we are about North Korea who already has nuclear weapons, and has threatened to use them against other nations, including the US, and is currently testing a missle capable of delivering a warhead to the US mainland?
4. Why are we more concerned about Iraq, a nation that may have links to Al Qaida, than we are about countries like Eqypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia who are known to have links to Al Qaida?
Anyway, Mr. President, if you could get back to me on that in the next few weeks, that would be great. Please excuse me if you are too busy writing the Patriot Act II, which I have no doubt already violated by writing this letter.
Sincerely,
Justis
February 14th, 2003 at 4:08 pm
With you 100% on these issues.
March 12th, 2003 at 6:57 am
Justis -
Sorry I have not had time to get around to your questions - but with this UN trainwreck - I’ve got a few hours on my hands to take care of email.
1. Where is Osama bin Laden?
Great question - I wish *I* knew - sure could use the reward money.
But the point you are getting at - I believe - is that issues need to be dealt with in a serial fashion. This may be hard for you to believe - but we have *lots* of folks looking for him - there are a few guys we have not sent to Iraq! Did you notice we collared up on arch-scumbag Khalid Shaikh Muhammed last week? You see Justis - while it will be nice to take a long piss on Mr. Bin Laden’s grave - keeping him on the run and hiding under a rock is just as effective at preventing terror attacks. How many of the ‘new waves of terror’ that we keep hearing about have actually happened since 9/11 ? Oh - none. Don’t worry though - we can make *lots* of mistakes - Mr. Bin Laden can make only *one* - his day will be here soon - I assure you.
2. Who was behind the Anthrax mailings of Autumn 2001?
Another good question. You *do* realize that investigations take time? It took *decades* to find the Uni-bomber. Chill - it was alomst certainly a domestic right wing nutball - if and when he comes up for air - he will get nabbed. Are you really *this* scared about the subject? Yipes - I bet you are opening your mail with gloves.
3. Why are we more worried about Iraq, a nation that may have an emerging nuclear program, than we are about North Korea
Whew - this is an easy one! I’ll clue you in.
1. Iraq *lost* a war way back in 1991 - now - you might not have been around for this - but they *started* this war by invading a country called Kuwait. Yup - hard to believe - but true. Anyway - as part of the ‘peace’ accord they signed - they had eight (8) days to turn over all their nuclear material. Funny thing - alomst 8 YEARS later some of the bumbling UN inspectors tripped over the makings of a gas centrifuge. Yipes! Add to this the materials (the infamous aluminum tubes) that keep turning up - well - seems like naughty stuff to me. Anyway a condition of the surrender of Iraq was they would not do stuff like this.
2. Iraq has something that NK does not - money. Lot’s of it. NK is just about to implode - give them another winter without food or oil and we’ll see how much of a fight’n mood they are in. Let’s face it - you can’t eat a bomb. (unless its one of those choclate ones they make here for dessert sometimes - yum!)
3. NK *may* have a nuclear bomb - small correction for you there - but they have not tested a ‘bomb’ ever. So while they may have ONE - it may not work. Yes - I know you think building such things are easy - but it is *just* a tiny bit harder then you think. Second - they have to get it here - and as you might guess - popping test shots over Japan is a bit less complex the getting a ICBM to come down in my backyard.
Anyway - while this was before your time - there once was a country called the USSR that had thousands (!) of missles (that worked) aimed at us. We managed to live though that - so don’t soil your drawers now OK ? It’s not as scary as it seems.
4. Why are we more concerned about Iraq, a nation that may have links to Al Qaida, than we are about countries like Eqypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia who are known to have links to Al Qaida?
Boy - for someone who has never even been outside the US - you really seem to know a lot! Well - first - let’s be clear - Iraq *does* have links to Al Qaida. I know you don’t belive this - and there is not real way to prove it - but its there.
Second - what makes you so sure some of these other countries aren’t on the list? You are darn right - these places *are* swamps that need draining - but let’s just wrap up Iraq first shall we?
Last - and again you might be too un-informed or isolated to know this - but Iraq has done some *really* naughty things. Like gassing (with mustard and nerve gas) several *hundred* thousand people in Iraq. Like using torture - mass executions - and rape as regular tools of everyday life. You see Justis - as hard as if may be for you to understand - sometimes you need to take a scumbag like Saddam out ‘just becasue’.
Again - having probably never faced anything more dangerous in your own life then your favorite TV show being cancelled - its hard for you to understand the fear, the horror, that the people of Iraq live with everyday. So this point is no doubt lost on you. However - hopefully - in time - your world will expand to realize there *is* more the what you see on TV or read on the Internet. Perhaps you will understand. In the meantime - the grown-ups have to take care of stuff like this.
Well - I have to go now - but since you are *so* smart - maybe you could post answers to these questions on your little web site.
1. If not war - what exactly should we do with Iraq? After 12 years of inspections - 17 UN sanctions and one war (in 91) I’d like to hear your thoughts on the subject. Please educate us on *your* solution.
2. What is the ’solution’ to North Korea (note - since they already violated the oil/food for no nukes treaty the UN/clinton signed 3 years ago you have to tell me how you plan to prevent them doing the same thing again if the solution you propose is ‘more talks’)
3. What do *you* think should be the punishment for a regiem that has killed over a million of its own citizens ? If now is *not* the time for action - let us all know what the line in the sand is that does make it OK to stop genocide.
If you could get back to *me* in the next few weeks - that would be great.
God Bless
George W.
BTW - I spoke to Einsatzgruppenfurher Ashcroft - he does *not* have a file on you *yet*
He did mention you better straighten up and fly right or you could end up in a diffrent kind of summer ‘camp’ soon though.
GW
May 21st, 2003 at 3:55 pm
You cant just do a war for someone alse, you have the right to help them … but not to do all the job for them.