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To: LS

[[No, the evidence for going in was 1000:1. Even if the one was right, ANY president would have gone in under similar circumstances. You couldn’t afford not to.]]

Exactly- and again- We had just been attacked, and Bush stated that ANY nation that harbors, trains or helps arm terrorists WILL be considered valid targets as they are a threat to world peace- Saddam, while not directly linked to 9/11 that we could find, WAS directly linked to housing, arming and training other terrorists at that time- This is also the reason we went into Afghanistan- because they were housing , training, and arming terrorists- The ‘axis of evil- as Bush put it- and it was to send a powerful clear message to the increasingly hostile middle east that we are not going to stand for it!

There were several valid reasons for the war- this was one of them-


68 posted on 06/25/2019 11:21:55 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

So what you’re saying is that the American people feel that the Invasion of Iraq was successful and they are itching for another one?


72 posted on 06/25/2019 11:30:00 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: Bob434

i do think some WMDs were there, now in Syria


96 posted on 06/25/2019 12:19:50 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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