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Originally posted by Torone@Jun 6 2003, 06:18 AM
Actually, we don't need WMD's...Saddam was paying terrorists, training terrorists, and providing refuge for terrorists. That was more than enough.
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Exactly, that was the excuse for going in, not the reason.
The reason was to put on a whoop-ass demonstration for the Arab nations who harbor and support terrorism in response to 9/11.
Afghanistan was just the immediate response to the attacks and the pursuit of Osama and those most directly responsible.
Saddam's Iraq was a regime that was feared and considered one of the most militarily powerful in the region by many of their Arab neighbors. They've also thumbed their nose at the U.S. throughout the Clinton years with no real repercussions. Taking them out so proficiently and with relatively little effort sends a powerful message to their Arab neighbors.
It appears that message was received loud and clear by many of the intended recipients. The pucker factor among those remaining regimes in the region who have strained relations with the U.S. and ties to terrorism is pretty high right now.
WMDs or not, Saddam was basically begging for an ass whipping. There's been more than enough heinous things uncovered in Iraq to justify taking him out.