“Shortly after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait that year, the propaganda machine began agitating for a US attack on Iraq”
LOST ME RIGHT THERE
I was in the middle of that one and the world and even the vaunted UN was pretty much in unanimous conclusion that Saddam needed to be booted, by force if necessary
I also recall Bush41 giving Saddam a 5 month deadline (FIVE MONTHS- D’OH! August 2 to January 16) to comply with UN resolutions to withdraw and starting the bombing within 24 hours of Saddam’s 5 MONTHS of thumbing his nose at the UN and the world
I always wished they have never said a damn thing about WMD’s in the first place... From the day it was said and questioned, not a hindsight sort of thing, Just thought it was un-needed, as I supported going and taking Saddam out purely because of multiple UN violations and continually shooting at US planes and pilots daily flying UN missions... I think they found enough banned stuff including plans to restart programs plus Chemical weapons that are fairly commonly thought to have gone to Syria to Justify it anyway, but I just wish they would have taken the opportunity and forced the spineless UN to finally have some teeth!
This is why I added the barf alert. Ron Paul forgets or ignores that Kuwait asked President George H.W. Bush for help
Removing Saddam has been disastrous for the entire region. His removal for payback for Scuds fired on Israel in the first war; nothing to do with US or regional security.