Originally posted by paintballguy429
That, again will not work because of the fact that there was no legitimate proof that Saddam would act with the weapons he may or may not have had. However with your analogy, there would be proof that the cancer would spread.
That, again will not work because of the fact that there was no legitimate proof that Saddam would act with the weapons he may or may not have had. However with your analogy, there would be proof that the cancer would spread.
Wrong! The doctor would be going on past experience for a probability that the cancer would spread, which it does not always do. There was a man in my town, a doctor, with what should have been a terminal case of cancer. I don't remember what type, but it was pretty well ingrained already. Anyway, one day he went in for a checkup, and it was just.. gone. No reason, no remnant, no nothing. It was like it was never there. So sometimes the problem does just go away.
North Korea, China, etc. are the previous "terminal" cases. The cancer being spread and no longer able to be dealt with would be Saddam getting WMD's and the ability to deliver them, or to threaten their delivery.
Predicting that cancer will spread is no more or less presumptuous than predicting that an evil dictator who hates America will do evil things and try to hurt America.
China is a pretty good example, I'd say, considering that the only reason everybody has to kowtow to them now is that they have nukes, a huge standing army and air force, and "cheap" labor. The main difference between China and N. Korea is that we trade heavily with China, and therefore have to be a little more careful what we say about them.
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