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"Well, they're right. He did have them. Maybe not recently, but he did have them.

And you can bet your a** he'd keep trying to get more if had been left in power."

YEAH, and u can bet ur a** he had em when he was allied with american before kuwait, and you can bet ur a** his worst atrocities were committed when he was an ally with america, and YOU CAN BET UR A** he was a waste of time i mean he did deserve to die but there are other REAL terrorists that we couldve been hunting down

I still have to say thanks to all the military servicemen who are serving right now in Iraq

OH and to the guy who says there was some point to this war, THERE ISNT, i mean u think im wrong headed? Sept 11 had nothing to do with Iraq its kinda of a dissrespect to say that Sept 11 had, im some way justified a war in Iraq, why? tell me exactly how the security scare that was caused by Sept 11 justifies a war in Iraq which is KILLING WAY MORE PEOPLE that Saddam ever did, which, by the way the worst atrocities were committed during the time when he was allied with US... tell me now... which wouldve been better, an army in Afghanistan and the areas around it hunting down Osama and the rest of them or wasting billions of dollars causing a 500 billion dollar deficit costing 23 million jobs on a war in Iraq?

YEAH, and u can bet ur a** he had em when he was allied with american before kuwait, and you can bet ur a** his worst atrocities were committed when he was an ally with america, and YOU CAN BET UR A** he was a waste of time i mean he did deserve to die but there are other REAL terrorists that we couldve been hunting down...

If Saddam was such a good buddy of the US before Kuwait, why did he invade Kuwait with all of those Soviet tanks, trucks, and guns?

Our guys were facing AK's in Desert Storm, not M-16's.

For the last thirty years, almost all of Saddams weapons have been supplied by the Soviets/Russians or the (ahem) French.

Usually when we have an ally, we sell them weapons. The Soviets were not in the business of selling weapons to our allies.

YEAH, and u can bet ur a** he had em when he was allied with american before kuwait, and you can bet ur a** his worst atrocities were committed when he was an ally with america, and YOU CAN BET UR A** he was a waste of time i mean he did deserve to die but there are other REAL terrorists that we couldve been hunting down

Have you always been stupid or did you have to take lessons?

Ronald Reagan noted that we had two major enemies in the middle east. They were Iran and Iraq. Iran had taken our hostages and was home to lots of militant muslims. So was Iraq under Saddam.

Then guess what.. Saddam decided to atttack Iran. Reagan saw that as a great opportunity. If IRan and Iraq were at war, they would not have time to attack us.. So Reagan conceived the brilliant Idea of helping which ever of our two enemies was loosing at the moment.

His idea was if Saddam was getting his butt kicked by Iran we would help Saddam and If Saddam was really kicking Iranian butt we would help the Iranians.

When the Democrats caught on to what Reagan was doing they used their control of congress and the Iran Contra thing to bring that policy to a complete halt.

Had we continued Reagans policy both Iran and Iraq would have been so beat up that neither the religious zealots in Iran or Saddam would have survived. It would not have cost a tenth of 87 billion dollars to be rid of both regimes.

Reagan saw it comming nearly 20 years before it happened. Had not the media and the Democats stopped him, todays problems would not exist.

Welcome to FR. We know he had 'em. He couldn't account for them. We still have to account for them. Nothing has really changed since before the war. Personally I believe that the opposition from the French and Russians allowed him time to get rid of the evidence and they are scattered far and wide by now.

there are other REAL terrorists that we couldve been hunting down

Give me names and locations.

For example you can't just say "Osama" without telling me WHERE HE IS. We can't send the military someplace to catch "Osama" without knowing WHERE HE IS.

Sept 11 had nothing to do with Iraq its kinda of a dissrespect to say that Sept 11 had, im some way justified a war in Iraq, why?

Who exactly is saying that Sept 11 justified the war in Iraq? Personally I believe that invading Iraq would have been perfectly justified even if 9/11 had never happened. Ok?

which wouldve been better, an army in Afghanistan and the areas around it hunting down Osama and the rest of them

Putting "an army" in Afghanistan would be rather senseless. To fly "an army" into Afghanistan and have them SIT THERE in military bases/camps like SITTING DUCKS would, in fact, be the height of idiocy.

You say they would be "hunting down Osama". HOW EXACTLY? Without knowing WHERE HE IS, are you saying that they'd march around in circles or figure-8s on a fricking WILD GOOSE CHASE "looking for him"? In the desert plains and mountain rocks of Afghanistan?

So that the locals could take potshots at them? What the heck are you thinking?

As for "the around around it", I guess you mean Pakistan. That is: NUCLEAR ARMED Pakistan. In other words you are saying we should launch a ground invasion of NUCLEAR ARMED Pakistan.

Suppose Pakistan doesn't approve? Then what?

Seriously, your ideas here are messed up. The fact is we HAVE military in Afghanistan and we have about as big a footprint as would be useful. Multiplying the number of troops in Afghanistan by 10 would not accomplish all that much except to make them sitting ducks. Know why? Because we don't know WHERE OSAMA IS that's why. If we DID get reliable (RELIABLE) intelligence of where he is, we could easily go take him with special ops force or just a bomb.

So having "an army" SITTING THERE in Afghanistan is USELESS.

wasting billions of dollars causing a 500 billion dollar deficit costing 23 million jobs on a war in Iraq?

Are you just making numbers up? How is the deficit "costing" 23 million jobs exactly? Show us your math.

Anyway, your idea (to send large numbers of infantry to Afghanistan to SIT THERE and/or march in circles aimlessly Looking For Osama) seems pretty wasteful to me given that it accomplishes NOTHING.