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Originally posted by RocHard
Have you ever heard of the term "appeasement"?
Before WWII broke out, every country allowed Hiler to run wild and invade what ever country he so desired while the world sat by and watched. We had no reason to go into Germany during WWII, but we did, and I'm sure the world is a better place for it.
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You're comparing Saddam to Hitler? Germany was a world power. Of course we had a reason to go into Germany. Who do you think declared war first?
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Iraq invaded Kuwait - a US ally - without a valid reason. We could have just said "okay" and watched, but we had promised Kuwait - in writing - that we would defend them. This is no different than what we would do for England, or France, or two dozen other countries we consider our allies.
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Kuwait was stealing Iraqi oil and where extremely unflexible during negotiations.
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It's about doing what's right. I don't have problems sleeping at night because of what happens in some countries. But it does bother me. What's happening in Africa bothers me, but there is a difference taking on a country the size of California and invading a country with the land mass of Africa.
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You do realise that they're nowhere as dangerous as Germany was though? Are you gonna allow the slaughterers to run wild and do nothing about it because you're afraid? What would those who fought WWII think?