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Originally posted by rooster
Ok, now I see your point. You would rather keep a dictator in power that builds a new palace every week while his people are starving. And keeps the country in furthur poverty with sanctions brought on by his actions.
Those dormant fields and ancient equiptment will be brought to modern standards. It benefits the Iraqis, it benefits us, its a win win situation.
Typical extreme left attitude to want to keep people down.
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Oups. I forgot the war was "sold" on the removal of a dictator ( like in Panama). I was wrongfully under the impression it was about WMD... My mistake"
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"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised ... Today, no nation can possibly claim that Iraq has disarmed. And it will not disarm so long as Saddam Hussein holds power."
George Bush, March 18
"We know from Iraq's past admissions that it has successfully weaponised not only anthrax, but also other biological agents including botulinum toxin, aflatoxin and ricin. But Iraq's research efforts did not stop there. Saddam Hussein has investigated dozens of biological agents causing diseases such as gangrene, plague, typhus, tetanus, cholera, camelpox and hemorrhagic fever. And he also has the wherewithal to develop smallpox."
Colin Powell, US secretary of state, February 5
"As a result of the intelligence we judge that Iraq has: continued to produce chemical and biological agents; military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, including against its own Shia population. Some of these weapons are deployable within 45 minutes of an order to use them."
British dossier on the threat posed by Iraq, published September 24 2002
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...966588,00.html
and the " reputable intelligence" sold by Powell and the gang:
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The foreign secretary reportedly expressed concern that claims being made by Mr Blair and President Bush could not be proved. The problem, explained Mr Straw, was the lack of corroborative evidence to back up the claims.
Much of the intelligence were assumptions and assessments not supported by hard facts or other sources.
Mr Powell shared the concern about intelligence assessments, especially those being presented by the Pentagon's office of special plans set up by the US deputy defence secretary, Paul Wolfowitz.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...967548,00.html
So Rooster, if it was that the reason ( saving those iraqis from the bad dictatorship - like in Congo- ) why the fuck the WMD fairy Tale and the UN marathon????
Just do like Panama or Haiti; Go in, take him, judge him, emprision him or if in Texas execute him!
True this scenario has faults:
- no oil for the US
- no $$$ for the friends of Bush
- no jump strarting of the staggering US economy.