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Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer
You must decide why you wanted that war.
First it was the WMD that we now know did not exist.
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Not only is this a flase statement, it is misleading. There is plenty of evidence to suggest they did exist, and even moved by both the Syrians and Russians! However, simply saying they were not found is not justification to say they weren't there.
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Then it was the terrorists that never had more support in Iraq than today.
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Quite frankly, you aren't up to snuff on latest facts. I don't think there has been a time in Iraq where they had less support!
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Now you're saying it was the ceasefire that he broke.
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THis has never changed. I've said it even in this forum since day 1! Don't they give you news over their in Germany? You seem to be lacking a lot of it.
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In 1990 a lot of people would have understood if you had gone all the way to Baghdad (including myself). But at the time it was considered insane to go on when the war had been won with so little cost. Because a somewhat intelligent person could have known that it would mean thousands of dead Americans, hundred thousands Iraqi's, decades of turmoil and hatred - and finally more terrorism - exactly what we now have in front of us.
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Not an accurate picture of what has happened.
For the casualty idea, to enter a foreign country with force always will result in casualities. A tradgedy, but one that can't be avoided. THis time around however, we don't have 50K to 1 million dead.
Anyway, sooner or later, Saddam would have had the ability to threaten neighbors and even the US with some form of mass destruction weapon. THis is not a threat any longer. Well worth the effort on the part of the US and its allies.
-S