Just for the sake of asking, isn't this something that the UN should've handled. Shouldn't our efforts have been pointed in the direction of leaning on the UN to remove Saddam.
I'm still of the opinion that going after Saddam and Al Queda with the US Armed Forces is like swatting a fly with a shotgun. If our intelligence services hadn't been gutted in the 80's and raped by Aldrich Ames we would've been able to handle Hussein and Bin Laden in the way that they should've been: quietly, and discreetly. And the might of our armed forces could be pointed squarely where it should be: at North Korea, Iran and Darfur Robert Munn wrote: > The majority of the Iraqi people were being shit on by Saddam- subjected to > torture, chemical weapons attacks, systematic repression, murder, rape, etc. > How exactly were the Iraqi people supposed to stick up for themselves, and > what does it say about the rest of the world that they let it happen? > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Michael Gr wrote: > > >> It would be an appropriate comparison if the Iraqi people were in the >> middle of a civil war in an effort to become democratic and the US lent >> support to the side that supported democracy. Alas, that wasn't the case. >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286376 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
