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Originally posted by jas1552
I will make an attempt.
We were attacked on 9/11. We decided that it would be better in the future to be proactive rather than reactive. We know Saddam hates the US with a passion. Saddam was sitting on billions of dollars of oil. North Korea has developed nukes and is desperate for money. There is a chance Saddam could have bought a nuke from North Korea and given it to members of Al-Qaeda or some other islamic militants. Saddam had WMDs and WMD development programs, what he has done with them is anyones guess. Saddam started a war and agreed to terms to obtain a ceasefire. He didn't live up to those terms. Breaking the agreement alone was enough justification to end the ceasefire.
The war is costing many billions of dollars. How much would it cost if a nuke were detonated or other WMDs used in a US city? What are the odds of that happening? Are the odds of such a scenario high enough and the possible consequences bad enough to warrant the cost and effort of a war? Anyway, a decision had to be made. I believe the decision was made correctly as does the majority of the US population.
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Ok... where are the WDM's?
Why arn't we going after N Korea? They are opening threating us?
Why has the hunt for Bin Ladden become 2nd priority when HE was the cause of 9/11?
Why do we keep pouring money into a country that does not want us there?
Why did we elect a president who cannot run a business let alone a country?
anyone?