Last chance?

United States must take action against Iraq before it's too late

The notorious Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has tested the limits of the United States, and it is high time that the United States finally takes action against him once and for all.

The United States may have stood firm with the Persian Gulf War, but that was merely a war of economics -- a battle over a precious commodity, oil.

This time Saddam has gone too far.

By not allowing the United Nations certain areas which may contain Iraqi contraband, Saddam presents a clear and present danger to the security of the United States and the rest of the world.

"Although we do not have the same support as we did earlier on, we must not back down as we have in the past."

Also to be considered is that the United States is concerned that Saddam has been hiding biological and chemical weapons, and that Saddam has an unhindered power to use these fatal weapons against people in Iraq.

It is important to stop Saddam because he has the tyrannical power to do unto the Kurds and his constituents as Hitler did unto the Jews during the Holocaust. It also is feared that he could take this exertion of power beyond the borders of his own country.

In the early 1990s, the United Nations managed to liberate Kuwait, but the job was left incomplete. When former President George Bush decided not to oust Saddam, it helped cause the problems that exist now.

Although we do not have the same support as we did earlier on, we must not back down as we have in the past.

In order to do so, it has become apparent that military action must take place. If we procrastinate in taking action, future lives could be loss with a larger, more costly war.

Surely, the United States has domestic problems including poverty, but the international implementations of apathy are to great of a price to pay.

Of course, the United States may also pay a price for its actions.

With any military action, there is also the possibility of our own soldiers dying for the cause of our government.

However, when people enter the military, they accept the risk that they may go to war and that they may have to put their life on the line for our country.

Therefore, we must nip this problem in the bud before indifference leads to our own destruction.