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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
It's been done dozens of times over the last three years...and ignored every single time.
I have yet to see anyone account for the WMD's that Hussein was known to have when he kicked out the inspectors the final time. And nobody will do it again...because they can't.
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Does that mean you aren't prepared to summarize what you see as a justification for the war? That's unfortunate.
It is beyond me how anyone can defend the war in Iraq at this point. How do you justify to the last American soldier to die there that giving up his life was worth it? The country and region is now so much worse off than when the US went in.
At any rate, my main issue here is the tying of the war in Iraq to 9/11. I don't see how anyone could still argue that one is related in some way to the other (like the Bush administration does on a regular basis by calling it "part of the war on terror"). Putting aside the WMD's for the moment, there simply were no connections to Al Quedea. Everything that comes afterwards is non sequiter as far as I am concerned.
As far as the WMD's go, it isn't really relevant. The US used their alleged presence as part of the justification to invade. It doesn't matter if they are found or not - the whole issue is a red herring. There are lots of "bad countries" out there that may or may not have WMD's. You don't see the US invading them. There are a lot of horrible dictatorships. There are a lot of mass murderers. It isn't as easy as just "taking them out".
Is Iraq better off without Saddam? Looking at the current situation, probably not. He was a horrible dictator, but he was able to hold 3 ethnic groups that hate each other together. In terms of body count, the thousands he killed, and would have killed have to now be balanced against the 10's of thousands that are dying, and are going to be killed in the upcoming civil war.
At the end of the day, I look at the actions of the American government and see nothing but wasted lives (mostly Iraqi) and no reason for having gone in in the first place.