Well, actually, I though we took him out because he was bankrolling terrorists in Israel and we thought he had nuclear weapons and had already invaded and tried to take over Kuwait as well as violating a no-fly zone and trying to take down allied jets attempting to enforce it.
But you can make arguments both ways.
I think Bush really scared the locals when we went in and took him out. We should probably have taken out the Iranian Mullahs and then the Syrians and then just puilled out. Message delivered.
Where we screw up is trying to make these people “civilized”. Impossible as long as they are Muslims.
As for being concerned about the Iraqi people - the very ingrates who are acting oout against us now, the people who exercized their new found “freedom” by sucking up to Iran, threatening Israel and driving out the Chaldean and Assyrian Christians, they can all rot in the Hell they belong in as far I am concernded.
My sole interest in that part of the globe circles around our oil supplies. The rest is irrelevant.
Then why didn't we take out the Saudis first? The Saudis bankroll terrorists much more than Saddam ever did.
we thought he had nuclear weapons
I actually don't believe that. There was no hard evidence, none. But there was enough soft evidence to use nuclear weapons as an excuse for war. Bush II needed an excuse to take out Saddam and "nation-build." No democracy should be looking for an excuse to go to war.
I think Bush really scared the locals when we went in
Yes he did. He scared our enemies just enough to make them believe that they need nuclear weapons to avoid the same fate as Saddam.
Where we screw up is trying to make these people “civilized”.
I agree 100%. Bush II thought he could turn Afghanistan and Iraq into mini-americas. It was a very tragic and very wasteful mistake.
Excelent post! Not to take out the mullahs was a huge mistake we will be paying for for along time.