I don't envy the policy makers at the white house at all right now. Saddam gave his answer to Bush's ultimatum but do they dare even think this releases them from waiting the full 48 hours? Now I realize that President Bush stated that he would start the attack at a time of his choosing would could be anytime.

Should they still wait the full 48 hours that they offered or do you think that others would protest us starting sooner saying we went back on our word.

My guess is you still give them the full 48 hours even though they already gave their answer.

Bullwood

Even though I disagree with this invasion, Bush has to wait. He'll be criticized no matter what he does and failing to wait would only feed the "he wouldn't even give him enough time to decide" fire. To be fair, he can say all he wants, but actions speak louder than words.

Since this is a hypothetical cause to a real war, what would happen if we invaded tonight and Saddam left tomorrow morning? He would appear to have accepted his ultimatum while we did not give him a chance to.

I'd wait. Even though he said no, I'd still give him a chance to change his mind. The 48hrs. cost nothing and perhaps gain something, even if only time for more Iraqi soldiers to desert.

Exactly. Wait out the 48 hours, if only to collect and deport Iraqi defectors

--cheers

He gave him the chance & Saddam rejected his "get out of harm's way" card

If we wait, then that just means more time for his
Elite(cough) Republican Guard to get into positon


Izdaari Posted: Mar 18 2003, 03:41 PM


He won't change his mind

He's wanting to become a martyr, so he'll stay & fight it out. He's the type who will fight until he's taken out as man with him as possible

As for Deserters, they will start to wave the white flags when the B-52's start dropping the MOAB's (Mother of all Bombs) & daisycutters

Also it will give the US military some time frame in which to start. If they started right-a-way the US military might not be ready sleeping or other etc... but it would also allow the people of the world to know we keep our deadlines down to the last microsecond

I was a little hostile with you on this quote in my last post & i was watching the news & discovered that turkey was putting the U.S. offer back on the table

The US could wait until the 48 hrs are completly up or wait until this weekend to strike, thus giving Turkey time to vote & approve US troop presents in Turkey so we can have a Northern front in Iraq so it will make our troops' jobs so much easier

My understanding is that we have had to abandon the Turkish second front idea and the troops for that operation have already been sent through the Suez Canal to get to the Persian Gulf.

bush could not have seriously ever thought hussein would accept the offer, even with his limited intelligence (as in brains) it is more then likely a psyching out move to make hussein think the invasion will start shortly (as in 2-3 hours) of the deadline. the 48th hour will pass, and bush wont invade, yet. they will likely wait until friday night(at the latest) to give the order to go. they(US military) are likely making the final preperations, such as contingency plans in case things don't go exactly as planned (as often happens in war)

so yes, bush should wait till tomorrow night (wed. 3/19)

Yes. The U.S. pulled the offer off the table Sunday

With all due respect Unabomber, insulting the President's IQ is not constructive, and it does nothing to give you any credibility. You look like a fool, actually. I would refrain from using insulting (rather than constructive criticism) comments if you wish to debate.

As to the question at hand...of course he will wait. Although we started to mobilize this morning, if we attack, we would give him the opportunity to announce his departure AFTER we already started. There is no advantage to be gained by jumping the gun.

Besides, his troops get more antsy by the minute, and it gives his top officials time to bolt. Tariq Aziz (sp?) seems to already have "left the fold" although this could just be pre-war propaganda.