@scooby-doo cv,
scooby-doo;51324 wrote:The massacre of the kurds that was brought up at his trial was actually before Rumsfield went to iraq and shook Saddam hand and to sell him more weapons,the US knew all about it and did nothing,the kurds had nothing to do with the US going to war in Iraq.
His willingness to commit genocide, and his open remarks of cleansing were though.
Your question was in regards to Who was he an immediate threat too.
His own countrymen, the neighboring countries whom h had invaded before, and expressed would gladly do again.
It is funny that you would mention The Weapons the US sold Saddam, thoe are some of the very WMD's we were looking for. Saddam had provided no proof that they were gone destroyed whatever.
If I give you my XBOX... and later I say Hey Do you still have that xbox... and your response is "None of your buisness." I can rightly assume you still have it.
I suppose the better action would have been.
None of our business okay... *WAITING* NY YORK TIMES :SADDAM DROPS CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON KUWAIT
And then what? We would be blamed for not acting.