“Why We Had To Attack Iraq”

There were very real reasons why the coalition had to attack Iraq. Unfortunately, with political correctness it is not always possible for Governments to tell people their real reasons.

Let me tell you a little story.

Many years ago I worked as a porter in the railways. One night, about 1.30 a.m., we had to travel to a little country station to get luggage out of a train's baggage car, and load other luggage and goods in.

When we arrived there, we found a police car at the station, and a policeman and a policewoman awaiting the train's arrival. They told us that somewhere along the track a person had thought it funny to through passenger's luggage out of the carriages, into the bush, in the middle of the night. They did not know the identity of the person, but a passenger had seen a black male doing this.

The train normally stops for only about 5 minutes, and the police did not want to delay the train for longer than necessary. When the train arrived, the two officers boarded the first carriage, and walked the length of the train, asking all black males to stop out onto the platform.

When us porters finished our loading of the train, we returned to find this group of black males standing on the platform.

The female police officer started to question the men, while the male officer went down to the end of the train to speak to the guard.

However, the men started to become agitated, swearing about the police, etc. It became obvious that there was going to be trouble, as one of these men started getting in the female officer's face.

There was no way the officer would be able to handle or restrain this whole group of ten or more men. I was getting worried, as I knew I wouldn't be much help to her either, should I be called on to get involved. I envisaged that I would have to stand there and trade punches with the group, and didn't expect much success with that scenario.

Fortunately, the male police officer was walking back towards the group, and obviously heard the swearing and perceived the threat to his partner. What followed was a testament to the value of police training.

The officer broke into a run. He made as though he was going to run past the most prominant young man, but as he reached him, he threw an arm out, catching him across the chest.

The man was pulled backwards and off balance. As he went down, the police officer put him on the ground, then knelt on him with a knee close to the man's neck. It was apparent to all that if the man made any move, the cop could drop his knee onto the man's neck, cutting off his air supply.

What happened next was enlightening. This group of about 10 young men, who had been becoming agitated and threatening, looked at this fellow on the ground, and they all immediately quieted down and backed off. There was no further disruption or threats.

It is a tenet of the Muslim religion that they should conduct a Jihad "righteous war" against infidels (non-believers). They have been doing so, within their own countries, for many years. Thousands of Christians have been attacked, raped, and killed for their faith. Others have been forced to pay extra taxes and live at the mercy of the Muslim's around them.

This has been ignored for many years, but when you ignore these things, they tend to escalate. Hatred against the West, against Christians and against Jews has been growing. Muslim leaders have called for attacks against the West by all Muslims in a position to do so.

The situation was deadly, and September 11 brought things to a head. We can no longer ignore the situation. We had no choice but to engage in a war against terrorism - and it doesn't take a brain surgeon to know that the problem is mainly the work of Muslim groups and Muslim countries.

Whilst many of these countries are not in a position to openly attack America, they are able to support terrorists who can. This is what Iraq and many other Muslim countries have been doing.

We have seen that Syria has already moved to distance herself from Iraq, and to surrender their weapons of mass destruction.

There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein had weapons, at least the capable to attack using gas, as he has done so in the past. There is no doubt that he would have liked to develop a nuclear capability - and if he had successfully done so, he would have presented an extreme risk to our Western countries.

As for weapons of mass destruction - let's face it, Saddam had lots of warning that an attack was coming. Obviously, he responded by hiding much of his weaponry in sympathetic neighbouring countries.

At any time, he could have given unrestricted access to the UN weapons inspectors. He could have provided an account of what had happened to the weapons he was known to have possessed. He clearly had the power to avoid the war, but he would not back down.

There is no doubt that our attack on Saddam Hussein's rule would make terrorists even madder, and we may well pay for that action through more big terrorist attacks.

However, the problem existed long before Sept 11, and it has been escalating. If we had done nothing, the problem would have continued to grow.

There are times when the only move you can make is to take a stand. Now, at least, countries will know that if they support terrorist attacks, they can find themselves under attack.

Democracy is not the perfect form of Government — it has its drawbacks, too. The majority opinion is sometimes not correct. Government's can find themselves unable to take the action they should, because the people who elect them do not understand the true situation, cannot be given all the relevant information, and will punish the Government at the next election.

To do so, is to send the message to those Muslims who hate us that our Governments are hampered and weakened by public opinion and cannot respond to terrorist threats. This would be devestating for our societies.

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