You're forgetting the agreement that Iraq signed after the Gulf War.
If Iraq proved that it had no WOD nor program to develop such, the sanctions would be lifted and Iraq could rejoin the family of civilized nations.
Iraq doesn't want to do this, of course, because Hussein is a lawless thug.
He's got to go.
Why then is Iraq expected to surender it's right of self-defense at the order of that same foreign power, the United Nations?
To: exodus
You're forgetting the agreement that Iraq signed after the Gulf War. If Iraq proved that it had no (weapons of mass destruction) nor program to develop such, the sanctions would be lifted and Iraq could rejoin the family of civilized nations. Iraq doesn't want to do this, of course, because Hussein is a lawless thug. He's got to go.
# 48 by sinkspur
Hussein was left in power.
As sovereign of his nation, he has the responsibility to protect his subjects. To protect his subjects, he MUST have weapons. For weapons to be effective against the armies of another nation, they must be "weapons of mass destruction."
If Hussein needed to go, the time to do it was during the previous illegal war, not in a new illegal war.