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Originally posted by piker
It was a mistake, i agree but we should ignore it now? And what makes you think dems got blamed for that?
and Bush didnt take Saddam out back then because the world thought he could be controlled...
As anyone knows if there is a diplomatic solution then you want to go that route... but that fact is 12 years and countless inspection processes later.. he was still a problem/threat to his region and to the us...
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How was containment not effective given all you know now?
He didn't have WMD.
He hadn't attacked anyone since.
He allowed weapons inspectors in with unfettered access toward the end until that wasn't good enough.
Who did he threaten at the start of this war?