| elliesmom |
| (Carpal \'Tunnel) |
| 12/20/11 01:14 PM |
Re: OT - passing resemblance or not?
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I would take it a step further and point out that AL Qaeda and its leader Osama rose to popularity because of the constant presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, the holy land of Islam. Why were they present? Because we had to maintain a constant air presence in Iraq to keep that psycho from gassing his own people.
Legally - saddam's failure to live up to his agreement under the cease fire was the grounds for the war (which was in part regarding WMDs, but by no means all). I think I read (forgive me it was a while back) that there were 47 terms under that cease fire agreement that he had failed to live up to and 3 had to do with WMDs.
That said - I was not a fan of the war in Iraq. I thought that we waited this long - why not wait until we made significant strides in Afghanistan? Is the military getting too much rest? Have a necessary air campaign whenever he gets too rowdy, but not commit to anything until we can focus on it exclusively.