Based on the information available, not only to him but other world leaders, Saddam presented an imminent threat. It turns out that he did not. However, I believe had Saddam have been left in power, he would have eventually developed WMD, made them available to terrorist organizations, or used them himself against the U. S. and our allies.


Monday morning, hell, Doug. There were numerous outcries all across the country saying that the rush to war was ill-informed. Don't try to cover that crap up by scraping dirt over it -- the administrative was fully, loudly, and unwaveringly informed that the information on which it was operating was riddled with flaws. People all over thew country said so at the time, all through the ramp-up against Iraq. Hell, his own advisors told him, when they could.

On this forum I said it over and over. I was not the only one saying so, either. It was a crappy analysis seeking to fulfill a pre-ordained dogfmatic decision.

If you believed the mythology Bush and Co were pumping up your possum-hole, that is your problem for being a robotic believer instead of an analyst.

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