Sites Holmquist trys, and often fails, to go no more than a couple of days without visiting (some of which Holmquist regularly swipes links from without attribution)
Earlier today Press Secretary Ari Fleischer in his daily briefing addressed concerns about the cost of war with Iraq, saying, "The cost of one bullet, if the Iraqi people take it on themselves, is substantially less than that."
Right before the end of the press conference, a reporter and Fleischer had the following exchange:
Q Ari, could I just clarify the one bullet line -- is the White House from this podium advocating the assassination of Saddam Hussein by his own people, by his military?
MR. FLEISCHER: No, the question was about potential costs and different scenarios for costs. And I just cited the fact that Saddam Hussein has survived as a result of the repression and suppression of his own people, and that's a reality about what life is like inside Iraq.
Q But I'm not asking you a question about costs. I'm asking you if you intend to advocate from that podium that some Iraqis, person put a bullet in his head?
MR. FLEISCHER: Regime change is welcome in whatever form that it takes.
Q So the answer is, yes?
MR. FLEISCHER: Thank you.
Regime change is welcome in whatever form it takes.
I guess it doesn't matter who takes over Iraq and there couldn't possibly be a worse government in that country than the one that exists now.
Seriously, regardless of what you think the U.S. should and shouldn't do with regards to Iraq, it is imprtant to keep in mind that any action or inaction by the U.S. runs the possibility of making things worse. posted by micah holmquist at 10/01/2002 05:28:00 PM
