re: #102 Dark_Falcon

What was the alternative? Letting Saddam import more anti-tank missiles and parts for his tanks? He would have used such things to threaten his neighbors and tyrannize the innocent. Should our concern for the babies Saddam Hussein deprived of food have lead us to allow him ballistic missiles to launch at us?

I’d have to answer “No, we were not obligated to endanger our allies in such a fashion. Neither the UN Charter nor the UN’s treaty on human rights was intended as a suicide pact.

I don’t know, I kind of like the idea of Saddam Hussein liberating the people of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait from their tyrannical regimes. Women would then be allowed to drive on the streets and Saudi wahabist religious fanatics would be dunked in acid tanks. Osama Bin Laden, who wanted to mount a jihad against the Iraqis for invading Kuwait would probably have been in such an acid tank early on.