[Bonesaw]

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?

[bondjamesbond]

...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.

Aside from the grainy photograph of Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam, what evidence do you have that we were ever allies with Saddam?

I could show you a picture of Madeliene Albright doing the Macarena with Kim Jong Il, but that does not mean we were allies with North Korea in the 90's.

Look at the evidence for yourself. Google up "Highway of Death" (one of my favorite searches). Look at all that Soviet hardware, blasted to smithereens. Not an American made tank or truck or bus to be seen. Look at the force dispositions before Desert Storm. All Soviet equipment, with some French high-tech stuff thrown in.

I think we sold them two civilian variant helicopters in ten years. That does not make them our ally.

[bondjamesbond]

Oh, and it was Iran/Contra, not Iraq/Contra. We were actively supplying Iraq's mortal enemy. Not something you do to your ally.

[ez]

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,

Your facts are simply wrong...

[SendShaqtoIraq]

"war in Iraq which is KILLING WAY MORE PEOPLE that Saddam ever did"

300,000 bodies found SO FAR in mass graves in Iraq. don't know how many he killed in kuwait, iran, etc. no way have we killed more than saddam.

you're an idiot.