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Originally posted by IowaStatePhiPsi
Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11
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It doesn't matter if they did, or didn't. What Iraq did, besides being a genocidal regime, was attempt to destabilize the Middle East after 9-11. Our answer to Jihadism (and it wasn't just Wahhabism) was to democratize the region. This was, and is, our best long term defense. That was less likely to happen with the Baathists in power, and much more likely to happen with a democratic Iraq.
If nothing else, Iraq deserved to be invaded for being genocidal. No more reason was needed than that, and I'm ashamed that we waited so long to do so.
Because Iraq was so brutal, we had a war were fewer civillians died than would have died at the hands of the Baathists.
Most importantly, Saudi Arabia is now getting surrounded by democracies and democratizing monarchies. This is the real issue, and this is why we really invaded Iraq. The region will be remade, and history will show America to be in the right.
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