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Originally Posted by ronbotx
His very first statement is so ridiculous, the rest is not even worthy of discussion... Did you even graduate from high school?
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I'm not contesting that he was evil or that he shouldn't be removed
the question only is: WHY did they react now?
They could have done it in 1990? Bush Sr told the Kurds and Shias that they should revolt and that they would be liberated. Kurds and Shias rebelled, but the help never came and as a consequence even more Kurds and Shias got killed, the retribution was huge. Also one of the reasons why Iraqis didn't shower the Americans with flowers, is that they haven't forgotten this treason from the 90s.
So, why not have gone to Baghdad then? Because everyone in the Western World wanted to keep Saddam there, because although he didn't pose a threat to us, he still could keep Iran under control.
Now Bush Jr's reason, well not really his, but his friends:
let's make some money of the Iraqis, but also of the American people
in 2003 Bush and co told the war would cost no more than 1.3 billion in tax payers money, it's what now almost 200 billion?