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[TreasonousBastard]

the near illiterate is repeating the nonsense about how Saddam was such a bad guy, and we did such a nice thing throwing him out.

The only reasonable answer to that is to pose the question of whether or not it is the responsibility of the US to decide who is a thieving, murderous, scumbag dictator and whether or not it is our job to depose said thieving, murderous, scumbag dictators. Entirely on our own, and without the advice, consent, or assistance of the rest of the world.

There are many more of them out there, and we could spend quite a bit of time rooting out all of the world's warlords and dictators.

Note that we are also picking up the entire tab for this act of good will, and it now comes out that the Iraqi oil sales that were supposed to pay for it won't be happening for a while now. It turns out that we are now subsidizing the Iraqi oilfields to the tune of 5 million bucks a day.

But, we're not paying for it because we got a tax reduction and have less money to spend on wars and stuff. The money must be magically appearing from somewhere.

Also note that many Iraqis don't seem to be all tha grateful for this act of charity on their behalf. And they are getting less grateful as time without electricity, water, or jobs goes on.

Many of the people presently quite happy with all of the activity in Iraq, btw, were frothng and foaming at Clinton's invasion of Haiti. An invasion which was bloodless, inexpensive, and called for by many in the international community, including the Haitians.

They were also aghast at our eventual involvement in Kosovo, and did what they could to derail that.