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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-20-04 02:05 PM
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20. That's what I don't get, he already had the threat of force
And presidents are allowed to commit "military actions" for a certain amount of time without congressional approval. If we were strictly after WMD's, the IWR is superfluous. He could have sent in tomahawks and fighters to bomb all the suspected sites. It would have been relatively cheap compared to the invasion.

We didn't need to wage war on Iraq, conquer the country, and depose Saddam to remove the threat of WMD's, or get Saddam to comply.
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