I don't like political discussions - especially in the wrong place, P&N is <-- THAT WAY :disgust: - but let me say this:
Assume YOU are Saddam.
You have WMDs.
USA comes after you for possessing stuff that is against the UN agreements.
You know that you can't possibly win against the USA.
Now think, if you are smart, would YOU seriously just leave the WMDs there to be found? Or, would you hide them somewhere, maybe to try and fake innocence so everyone blames Bush that you hate?
NOT A HARD QUESTION HERE. I certainly know what I would do in his shoes!! MOVE THEM. Neighboring country, like Saudi Arabia or somewhere like that!
End result is it appears that Bush lied!
Now what would the benefit to Bush be for doing this? People hate him (though not as many as you think obviously since he won reelection), it costs a lot of money, time, and lives. And do NOT pull the oil card again. He isn't in that business anymore, hasn't been for a long time. Even if he was, what would the benefit to him be? Money? Not really.
Now I do also want to set something straight, I am IN NO WAY saying we should invade another country. I am also NOT saying that I particularly like the war, the cost in lives and dollars, or whatever. Just make sure you understand that, OK?
One more point I'd like to make:
Back in the gulf war, Saddam invaded Kuwait. The USA along with others went over there and pushed Saddam back into Iraq. Bush Senior stopped there, and he got quite a bit of flak over not following Saddam into Iraq and shutting down his tyrannical government. Fast forward a few years to the Clinton administration. Clinton talked about shutting Saddam down and got praised for talking about it, but he never did anything. Bush junior comes along and actually does what the previous two didn't do, and what does he get? All sorts of flak over it! Make any logical sense? Not really!
I have my doubts that anyone is really going to read all that, simply because no one cares to. I feel like you can take the most obvious, cold hard truth sometimes and throw it right in someone's face and they'll totally ignore it and call me a liar :rolleyes;
Now BACK ON TOPIC!
AMD is not a sinking ship. Having some financial problems? Sure, but seriously what company hasn't had one before? What company has never seen the red before? None that I am aware of. I'm sure part of the red is due to the acquisition of ATI. They'll come back up again, not sure when but they will.