The entire system was breaking down. The weasels at the U.N. were using the oil money as a slush fund. They still are!
The Iraqi people were the only ones being contained and suffering the consequences. We knew it, and he knew it.
If your only idea of a threat to our security is a country that can lob a missile across the ocean, you are sadly mistaken.
Saddam was running a state, and that state back supporting with funds and helping with logistics the terrorists with local and global reach. The names are not important. The intent is.
From any stand point, including humanitarian, this guy needed to be taken out.
We must stabilize the Middle East for our and their sakes, because if we don't, we are all going to be destroyed by the consequences of inaction and the fallacy of containment.