<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by markie:<BR><B>Wars are not generally fought over how a country mistreats its citizens. <P>Name one example?</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I didn't say that those were reasons to go to war. If that were the basis for war, we would have a lot of war to wage. The reasons for military action are clear, and they are a direct result of Iraq's failure to comply with the UN's demands concerning their weapons program. I hope that the result of war (if it comes to that) will allow the Iraqi people to live without fear of being imprisoned, tortured, gassed, etc. by their own government for the sole purpose of scaring them into submission. <P>