Do You Believe The United States Was Just To Go To War With Iraq?

DeepIron · 03-30-08, 08:17 AM

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No. Though Saddam was a dictator the US did not justify their action and rushed the decision. In the end it is not even clear what the aim was.

Secondly they payed no heed to the complexities of the region - they still dream of a democratic Iraq when it looks rather as if the post state will disintegrate without Saddam, very much like Yugoslavia did after Tito.

Thats pretty much how I feel about it. For his crimes against the Kurds, Hussein and Company deserved to be brought to accountability.

As for the rest... As has been pointed out, there has been scant, if any, supportive evidence. After the failure of "shock and awe", the goals became confused and without Saddam holding the various factions in check, civil war has been the result, IMO.

August · 03-30-08, 10:13 AM

Yes. Saddam was a boil that needed lancing and while perhaps we should just have done that and walked away I can't fault our country for at least trying to clean up the resulting mess.

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03-30-08, 10:13 AM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,226 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes. Saddam was a boil that needed lancing and while perhaps we should just have done that and walked away I can't fault our country for at least trying to clean up the resulting mess. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.