As usual, your facts are somewhat mis-stated. 1) Saddam had WMD. They were used against the Iranian military in the '80s and against his own people in the '90s. Traces of same were found in 2003-04 after he was deposed. 2) Saddam invaded a sovereign nation. That is provocation. The UN, of which The US is a treaty obligated member, was asked to help Kuwait. Our decision to participate in no way justifies hating nor threating the US or it's citizens. 3) Saddam starved, tortured, and bombed his own citizens. He did these things directly, as well as indirectly through his embezzelment of the Oil for Food program, along with France, Russia, and Germany. The USA has, by far, the cleanest hands on that score.
Saddam and Saddam alone is responisble for the state of his country. He had years and years of opportunity to be straight with weapons inspectors, rather than play Musical WMD sites. He could have also stepped down at any time and lived a comfortable existence in Syria, Saudi Arabia, or Yemen, amongst other places. To blame the US for Saddam's hatred is enabling dictatorship. --- In [email protected], "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Saddam didn't have weapons and only threatened America after we > launched an unprovoked war on them in 1991, forced them to sign an > illegal treaty under duress, starved 200,000 Iraqi people to death and > kept them from life saving medicines, bombed them daily for 12 > straight years, etc. > > He had every right to threaten America and to hate America. But his > threats weren't credible, and had no weapons. Attacking Iraq for > making threats would be like blowing up Santa Catalina Island because > someone there said they hate America and they think it should be > destroyed. Santa Catalina poses no less of a danger to America than > Iraq did. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], <boyd.w.smith@> wrote: > > > > From: Paul <ptireland@> > > > Merely having weapons does not make one a threat. > > > > Absolutely true, but also absolutely besides the point. Having > weapons and saying that you will use them is. Making people believe > you have weapons and then saying that you will use them is. Saddam > did not just have or make people believe he had the weapons, he said > that he would use them. Indeed he did use them at a prior time and place. > > > > BWS > > > > > > Correct as far as it goes. But what about threats MADE with weapons > > > that are reasonably believed to be HELD by another party. Saddam was > > > reasonably suspected to have WMDs and DID make threats to use > > > them. > > > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
