re: #394 Daniel Ballard

Please take this as in support of dealing with Saddam eventually not the invasion itself.

He was a serial attacker. Iran, Kuwait, his own territory. His own words from jail are what what I base much of his intent on, and his frequent attacks on UN sanctioned forces in the no fly zones. Many of his neighbors wanted him out over the threat he posed.

I really don’t like the weirdly moved goal posts implied in “no threat to the US”. While (perhaps) strictly true, it misleads one into forgetting the manifold interests we have over there.

Was the plot to kill Bush senior also no threat to the US? Seems a stretch to deny a valid point against Saddam.

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Jeff have invaded two countries and gassed their own people.

If his neighbors wanted him out, they should have done so. Again, he was not worth losing thousands of American lives over. He was no threat to us.