Reply #59: A few reasons... [View All]

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1. Having a guy like that with WMD's (as everyone thought) or even trying to get them is too dangerous to have happen. Especially given his location and what he could do to the world by using his and the region's oil hostage - which would cause a collapse of the world economy. that and if he got WMD's he could wipe out Israel very easily.

2. He's already shown he could invade one country and use WMD's.

3. He was the easiest to do at the time. I personally think we should have gone after IRan first, Iraq next, then Saudi Arabia. However, I think because of what we've done in Iraq Iran will fall on its own. those kids have no future with the radical mullahs in charge.

4. Iraq was ripe for the picking. Yes, there are worse dictators, like Kim Jong Il, Castro, and various African potenates, but our strategic and geopolitical interestes like more in Iraq.

And just because Kim Jong Il and the others are worse does not mean we should have given Saddam a pass.