[Madmartagen]

[quote="[GDC]_Polemarcus":dc55a]Well that should be enough logic for you then...

At one point Iraq had the capability to take over the entire middle east. The allied forces forcefully removed the Republican Guard and liberated Kuwait. 12 years later, we are in this situation. Granted no WMD's have been found yet, but important officials had serious reasons to believe the bath party had WMD's in their posession. 12 years after the fact, humiliated by defeat, Hussein would have every reason to use those weapons on the middle east and any opposing forces... now i know hind sight is 20/20, but what IF he had them, what IF we did nothing, and what IF they were used. If anything learn from our previous mistakes.



1919 The treaty of versailles was signed limiting the germans for establishing a military

In the years to come the German Military would build the most powerful navy and airforce in the world, while everyone just sat back and watched... What IF we took action sooner?[/quote:dc55a]

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: .