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Originally posted by arsenal+Oct 7 2004, 08:54 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (arsenal @ Oct 7 2004, 08:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Lots of countries had looked the other way. Key officials in the UN had looked the other way. Hence why Saddam was making a killing on the UN Oil for Food program.

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** Knowing the ruin that country was in, and for some strange reason everyone dropped the sanctions and "looked away" it would have been a hell of a long time before they were operational and pumping out poison.# How many years do you think it would be until everyone started ignoring a dictator in the Middle East?# I'll guess "lots of years".# Then the acquisition and the buildup begins.

After WWI, Germany was in a awful state. Along comes Hitler, removes all competition, and starts a build up of arms. When did Hitler come into power?
I beleive it was around 1933. WWII was declared in 1939. That is pretty quick in the grand sceme of things. Oh, and during this time, Germany was under sanctions, and not allowed to form a military. The rest of the world just looked the other way.
Germany took over Austria, the world looked the other way.
Finally it got to a point where war was the only option.
If the world had stood up, and performed a pre-emptive strike against Germany, during this time, WWII may have been avoided. But we don't know that for sure.

I am not saying that Iraq is exactly the same as Germany Pre-WWII, but there are alarming similarities.
Saddam invaded Kuwaitt, had a war with Iran, funded sucide bombers families.
The only way to know for sure if removing Saddam from power now was a good thing, is go back, to before the invasion, and live out the other alternative. [/b][/quote]
Why didn't they take out Saddam in the first gulf war?