Lotta_Drool wrote:
1. to secure worlds oil supply with a US presence in the M.E. in the most destabilizing country in that region that was breaking cease fire agreements after invading Kuwait and threatening Saudi Arabia.
That's a new one on me, but I was just an intel analyst with Arab specialty...what the hell did I know?
2. He believed that Iraq had WMDs, was trying to develop WMDs, and was trying to procure WMDs. He was correct on all three.
Dude, I'm starting to think your post was a joke to chide the kool-aid drinkers. Please, we have enough in the US.
3. Saddam was insane enough to try to assassinate an EX US president, invade Kuwait, shoot missiles at Israel (who stayed out of gulf war), and disregard UN orders. Saddam obviously would have done even stupider and more dangerous things if left in power to gain weapons and build his military.
Hard to do with a total blockade, round-the-clock surveillence, no airspace priveleges, and extremely limited national budget. I'm not disputing he was a bad guy, but he had his nuts cut off, locked in a pickle jar, and hermetically sealed.
4. Being the President of the US is like being President of the Remedial School of Retarded Youth. Trying to make the people you lead comprehend reality and understand the reason why you can't just sit around blowing spit bubbles and peeing your pants all day is futile at best. You will never be popular treating US citizens like educated logical people who understand where the gas in their cars come from and how devastating to the World economy it would be to have it dry up over nite. Piss and moan about the War all you want but you would piss and moan more when you don't have a job, gas is $9/gallon, and you can't afford to heat or cool your house.
So lets blow $800,000,000,000 on genocide of 650,000 or so people, 1% or so actually being bonafide people shooting back...all for, what did we gain again? Nobody is arguing against taking things to the terrorists, but this war wasn't ever going to be won with a conventional smash and bash invasion followed by an equally clumsy occupation.
Assassins, hitmen, stoolies, Special Forces - thats how you conduct a police action outside your own territory against criminals. Diplomacy, statesmanship, understanding, tossing the money around doing GOOD things instead of killing - thats how you win "hearts and minds".
I probably just got punked though, I think I'm responding to an extremely dense wingnut and it turns out to be a joke...