Re:Was there really peace in Iraq? (Score 1)

Dude, lets get a few facts straight.

Saddam is a bastard and he should fry in hell. That does not give Americans the right to take over Iraq. The world has many 'evil' characters worse than Saddam. You have to realize that the US government has an exceptional ability to paint any person, regime or government as the reincarnation of the devil himself. I can name several African and Asian leaders that are worse than Saddam. I'm not here to argue who's the worst baddy of them all. Here are some facts (which you can easily research on the web, but not on cnn.com)

Iraq is the most secular and tolerant Arab state

Women are allowed to vote and can choose the wear veil.

The US till this day has not been able to prove Saddam's link to Laden. It's a well known fact that Laden wanted to overthrow Saddam and has several allies in the Kurds that the US has now jumped in bed with.

The US supplied Saddam with chemical weapons the fight off the Iranian threat

2 days before Iraq launched the chemical attack in 1988, Rumsfeld met with Saddam. After the attack, the US abstained (hence supported diplomatically) in the UN debate about the use of chemical weapons in Iraq, saying it was an internal matter. By the way, the last time he used those weapons was in 88.

His longest range missile can't hit Israel, let alone the US. How long do you think it would take him to build a ballistic missile and send satellites into space, under the watchful eye of the international community?

The Saudi's and Kuwaiti's have funneled more than 10 times the money to Al-Qaeda than Iraq has.

Let's recap the reasons for war

To enforce the will of the UN resolution 1441. Against the will of the UN? No good.

Is an eminent threat to the US. Every arms expert, including the CIA, agree that his army is in shambles. Nope.

Posesses WMDs. Yeah maybe, but let the international community find it. Honestly, the gun to Saddam's head technique was working great. Should have let them do there job.

Links to Sept. 11th. GW has tried very, very hard to link them, but hasn't been able to show hard proof to either the US public or the security council.

"He tried to kill my dad". Possible. With his IQ, highly possible.

Oil. A good outside chance.

To free the Iraqis. Pleez. Save the sob story. The UN sanctions have caused more human tragedies than Saddams chemical attacks.

Don't get me wrong, I support our troops (I have a cousin in the Marines), but I DO NOT SUPPORT OUR President. Do some research.