[ex-snook]

"I honestly don't think it matters what it's about. Saddam has it coming and we have the moral high ground. "

Nah we don't. Bush says he is carrying out UN resolutions and the UN says he is not. Bush is doing it for his reasons and that is regime change, oil, or Israel. Reasons matter for moral high ground.

[Jhoffa_]

Yeah, but look at who you are talking about. The UN has sat on it's hands for years and passed resolutions.. Even their latest round of inspections wouldn't have gotten off the ground without our troops in place. Saddam would have flipped them bird just like a thousand times before.

In my opinion, the fact remains that the ball has been solidly in Saddam's court for more than a decade. All he had to do was abide by the deal he made to stop the first gulf war. He cried "uncle" there, not us. He made a deal and then he broke it.

If he would have kept his deal, this would be ancient history. The onus was on him to do as he said.. Not the reverse.

Let me ask you:

Suppose you commit a crime, are caught and cop a plea to get off with community service instead of jail.. THEN, you refuse to do the community service, as you promised.

Are the cops immoral for coming after you? Are they actually the "agressors" in this scenario? Or is it your own fault and something that any reasonable person would have anticipated?