What was Hussein”up to”, other than brutally keeping his boot on the jihadists? We took him out, and chaos ensued
This was offered up by another poster.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3344574/posts?page=27#27
He was also rewarding the families of suicide bombers in Israel.
He made supporting comments regarding terrorists in Europe and the U. S. He did have WMD programs. He was still in non-compliance with the sanctions put on him at the end of the gulf war.
He would not comply with the nuclear inspectors. it’s pretty compelling when the U. N., their inspectors, Europe’s best and brightest, our own people and even our Democrats come down with the conclusion he had WMDs.
He had attacked Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Israel. He had gassed his the Kurds.
He was a known serial abuser of his own populace.
The guy was ripe for the pickings.