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Originally Posted by Madmartagen
Iraq was pretty much a shit place anyways, thats why they invaded Kuwait in the first place. They had all kinds of toys, but they werent a match for the entire middle east. They were barely able to defeat Iran (which is a good reason why they're poor) at all. Saddam needed to be ousted, but we had our chance 13 years ago and we could have also gone in there during the time when Saddam violated the terms of the cease-fire. IMO there is no link between Saddam and Bin Laden. They dont like eachother, we dont even know if they ever had a relationhsip to begin with. The insurgents we are fighting in Iraq are either Al Queda or backed by them. They would not have this opportunity if Saddam was still in power. That being said, it would have been best to finish Bin Laden, Mullah Omar and the rest of the Taliban and Al Queda before we would move into Iraq (if it was necessary at all.) I dont believe there are WMD's in Iraq that were up for sale to terrorists. I dont believe that Saddam was funding or working with the Taliban or Al Queda. Operations in Afghanistan didnt start until Oct 13, a whole month AFTER 9/11. Bin Laden prolly went underground the night before 9/11. We had several chances to kill him in both Clinton and Bush's administration. I forgot what I was going for here, so Im going to wait for a response oOo: .
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I agree somewhat of what you said but.....
I believe there
were WMD's in Iraq before we invaded. Saddam had plenty of time to move them elsewhere. Being there is such a sticky topic because nothing of great value was found there, but speaking to friends who spent months in Iraq, they claim most Iraqi's are happy we're there. They just want to go to work and make money to support their families. The news harps all over the minorities who cause the trouble for the troops over there. Hopefully for everyone's sake, a stable government can be established and the people of Iraq can police themselves.