Stating the Obvious

I just have to point out the following truisms.

1. No one doubts that the U.S. military can kick Iraq's ass all around the block.
2. No one doubts that Saddam is an asshole.
3. No one doubts that Saddam openly hates the U.S.

However,
4. No one has shown that Saddam is a credible threat to us.
5. No one has shown that he helped engineer 9/11, or even knew about it.
6. No one has shown why he is more deserving of overthrow than, say, Kim Jong Il.

Therefore the only reasons left for attacking him IN DEFIANCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW are, in order of increasing importance:
A. Arabs attacked us; Iraqis are Arabs -- close enough to vengeance.
B. We fought Saddam once before.
C. Iraq has a lot of oil.

In other words, ethnic prejudice, a history of conflict, and greed. The precise reasons that Iraq invaded Kuwait a dozen years ago.

How is it not obvious to everyone how insane this is? How can the media devout 95% of their time to showing the great imperial war machine's triumph and 5% or less to the outrage sweeping the rest of the world? I just don't know what to do any more.

-- Joel