A sad thing is, it really is important to take Saddam out.
I don't think it should have been priority one. I think our top priority should have been coalition building and the creation of a cooperative network to root out and destroy terrorism. I think if we had done this while continuing to isolate Hussain we would have been able to take him out on terms amenable to all of our allies, and we would be in a better position to continue to isolate the terrorists.
Saddam was a monster. I'm glad he's gone. But - now what? They could take Saddam out on their own, but they can't do anything else there without help. Help they can't get because they can't admit they were wrong about the WMD.
Or anything else, for that matter.
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