[sakic]

This is what freepers have been saying from Day One : 'It isn't the WMD, it's the sending of a message to Islamic terrorists'.

Then why Iraq instead of Saudi Arabia? By the way, I hate when some answer that question with something along the lines of "We'll get to that".

[Drew68]

Then why Iraq instead of Saudi Arabia?

Because Iraq had a sizable military including formidable armor. Saudi does not. Iraq's military (the largest in the Middle East) needed to be neutralized as a regional threat.

We can't influence the region when some tin-pot dictator is commanding thousands of tanks and artillary pieces and hundreds of thousands of troops.

And yes, we will deal with Saudi Arabia in due time.

[sigarms]

"Then why Iraq instead of Saudi Arabia? By the way, I hate when some answer that question with something along the lines of "We'll get to that"."

Because Iraq had a 12 year case history, and therefore it was much easier to justify waging war on them.