The title of this thread sound pretty dumb, the thousands of kurds massacred by Chemical Ali certainly weren't gassed with Nitrous Oxide.
At least there wasn't some black-op operation to plant the WMD so if nothing is found the administration will gain my trust rather than lose it.
I believe there were many reasons for the invasion such as:
- the need to bring Iraqi oil into the world market
- prevent Iraq from invading other countries who supply oil to the west
- prevent Iraq from supplying dangerous chemicals and technology to terrorist organizations
- prevent Iraq from providing other rogue states with WMD technology
- stop Iraq from promoting and financially supporting Palestinian suicide bombers
- the need to set an example to other rogue states
etc. etc. etc.
Wether or not WMD are inside Iraq at this particular time or not is irrelevant, what is relevant is that Saddam has shown the will to use them, the means to produce them and the terrorist ties to get them to the West's doorstep. It is also extremely probable that Saddam would keep a secret stockpile of WMD and I personally haven't seen or heard of US claims that their evidence of this is anything more than circumstantial, while it is fact that they could always easily be produced at a future time.
And what is the drawback of this war? The military financial expense will be earned back by the future decrease in oil prices and revenues earned from future trade with Iraq. Saddam would probably have killed many more civilians than the war did and the likelyhood of terrorists obtaining dangerous materials, technology and financial support has been reduced a lot.
Having said that I still think Bush is a sad joke but the people around him seem to be doing a decent job.
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