Dookiestix wrote:
Why do you think we are there?
Mainly because of Saddam Hussein poisoning the US senate office building with anthrax, but there are several other reasons, any of which would justify the operation.
There was the little terror university with mockup airliners for terrorists to practice in.
There was the system of paying suicide bombers' families.
There was the three-way deal with Iraq, North Korea and Libya to build nuclear tipped missiles in Libya using uranium and materials from NK, technology and financial resources from Iraq, and hardened sites in Libya.
There was the evidence of Hussein's involvement in 9-11, in the original towers bombing in 93, in Oklahoma city and several other kinds of things, none of which could be proven beyond all doubt but all of which added up to a pattern which could not be ignored.
There was the scamming of oil4food and other violations of the guy's basic deal after 91. In other words, you cannot allow a guy like that with the kinds of motives he had and the proven record of using WMDs against innocent people to handle those kinds of financial resources.
I mean, all of that would do for starters at least.