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Originally posted by DagnyGirl
Just to mix things up a bit, I want to point out that we gave Saddam a good amount of money and weapons to invade Iran years ago. He was just as bad then as he is now yet the US saw fit to support him. Now before people start posting that I am wrong, do your homework. It's not something talked about in the media often, but Tom Brokaw mentioned it a few days ago.
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What does that really have to do with anything though?
I don't see that so much as a valid argument for NOT going after Saddam. Perhaps as a reason FOR it as in we should clean up our own mess.
I'm sure if you gave the powers that were a crystal ball so they could have seen the planes crashing into the twin towers they wouldn't have done what they did. At the time though we had a much greater threat -- remember the USSR? At that time it was more about survival of our way of life. All individuals, Saddam, Osama, etc. were united against the USSR because it was in the best interest of all parties involved.
Sure the past between the US and Saddam is discussed often. Watch CNN? It comes up quite a bit. I just don't see how it's very relevant anymore.