Saddam asked US military nurse: why did US invade?

[sabra]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1981148,00.html

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He also read poetry to the nurse and recalled telling bedtime stories to his children. He appeared to have no regrets about the way he had ruled Iraq. "He said everything he did was for Iraq. One day when I went to see him, he asked why we invaded. Well, he made gestures like shooting a machine gun and asked why soldiers came and shot up the place. He said the laws in Iraq were fair and the weapons inspectors didn't find anything.

"I said, 'That's politics. We soldiers don't get caught up in that sort of thing.'"

[Redstone]

1. No regrets about killing all those innocent people. What a guy.

Not that it provides any excuse for us starting this stupid fucking war, but...

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[pansypoo53219]

3. and no civil strife between the sects.

he had too be the strong man, shit we gave him the go ahead to INVADE kuwait. nice going april G.
he was not thye worst or the best dictator, but he was the only SECULAR leader in the region.
annd now al quaeda is regrouping and we can't do iran or NK.

BRILLIANT!

[Redstone]

4. Why the fuck would we WANT to "do Iran or NK?" Never been in a war, have you?

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[Canuckistanian]

2. He had a point. He WAS complying to rigorous and intrusive inspections.

The kind of inspections that Americans would never put up with.

Saddam was clean, as far as WMDs were concerned.

And the intelligence community knew it, too.