[elpadre]

wasn’t it 12 years on negotiations within the UN Security Council and elsewhere. Saddam had every opportunity to wage peace with the US and West, he wanted war.

[Landru]

"wasn’t it 12 years on negotiations within the UN Security Council and elsewhere."

Yup.

"Saddam had every opportunity to wage peace with the US and West,"

Yup.

"he wanted war."

Yup.

...& war's what he got.