[quote=DeepIron]
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Hmm, we get attacked on 9/01 and we "declare war" on Iraq in what, 03/02? Five months?
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We invaded Iraq in March 20th 2003. You are an entire year off.
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We encouraged the Iraqis to revolt and then left them in the "dust" in '91. So, junior goes back to "finish the job" based on US Patriotic furor over 9/11, his "Axis of Evil" pronouncement, "terrorists are hiding in Iraq" lie, and unconfirmed intel regarding WMDs...
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Quite the selective memory you have there. Have you already forgot how in 2000, Iraq shielded Abu Musab al—Zarqawi, who was killed in a June 2006 American strike in North Baghdad. How in September 2002, Zarqawi returned there from Syria, via Jordan, to lead the terrorist insurgency that now continues without him.
As for "unconfirmed intel regarding WMD's" What, 12 years of intelligence reports, commissioned by both parties
and Saddams own statements, let alone his history of using chemical weapons isn't good enough for you?
Oh that's right. This is about making Bush look bad, not about discussing the truth right?
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Too bad ol' Dubb-Ya didn't have the forethought to see how Islamic factional violence would blossom once the main deterrrent, Saddam Hussein and the Baathist party were nullified...
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Right, keeping the murderous dictator and his henchmen in power is always preferable to taking a chance by liberating an oppressed people. Is that what you're saying?
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BTW, I'm not arguing that Hussein should not have been tried in the World Court. I'm saying the Bush Administration, with it's brainless "Shock and Awe" tactics, have created a much more "lethal" situation than if we had patiently moved forward through diplomatic and economic channels.
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Yeah i've read about those diplomatic and economic channels. UN officials lining their pockets with payoff money from Saddam so that he could refit his military with funds diverted from the "food for oil" program. Now that was a recipie for success...