[tortoise]

I know and you know that Saddam is a threat only for his own people, like tens of other dictators around the world are, in Africa for example. But Iraq has a lot of oil.

Ummm... The US gets more oil from Africa than the Middle East. In fact, the US hardly gets any oil from the Middle East, and very little from outside the Western Hemisphere for that matter. You should at least have a solid grasp of the facts before you start throwing accusations around so freely.

[Jordi]

You know Iraq got the world second biggest reserves of oil after Saudi Arabia. That's explain all. Iraq is also the only arab country with enough technology developmets to match Israel, and a technologically advanced Arab country is like smoke in the eyes for the US, since it could pose a threat for the American influence in the area. Just a notice:perhaps Iraq is a menace just because it's not truly an Arab country:the presence of Caldean Christians is strong (Tariq-Aziz is Christian),woman can wear anything they want (including volleyball divises). But a menace is a menace (for the US influence in the area), Arab or not.