And You blame every-one but Saddam and Al Qaeda
The true terrorist
I blame the ones responsible. We were not attacked by Hussein. We "chose" to attack him. Since that was "our choice", "our decision", why would I blame anyone else but us?
The US and the all volunteer armed services do not go around starting these un fortunate events
Are you on crack? Not only did we start this war, we made up lies to drum up support.
And probably persuaded with faulty evidence.
Thank God for that.
Let me add another item
The cost of the war has never made the truth meter truth to me any-way
this all volunteer force gets the same treatment where ever they serve
the key word volunteer
food
shelter
Germany
Korea
I was referring of the cost to the taxpayers with no direct benefit in return.
And the bases closures in Saudi and Kuwait cost has never been taken off as well as the savings we got from supporting the UN and its failed over sight
That makes no sense whatsoever.
We did not choose to attack anyone
we choose to enforce the terms of surrender as well as the 33 other countries
And as far as the "lies"
Congress voted to use force to enforce those terms of surrender Saddam had agreed to to remain in power, other wise known as UN regulations
If Saddam had removed his self from power after it was clear he was not going to do what he said he would, none of this happens
It was proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Saddam was not in compliance, not even close
Hand Blix made this clear on 1-27-2003
Update 27 January 2003
www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/Bx27.htmTHE SECURITY COUNCIL, 27 JANUARY 2003: AN UPDATE ON INSPECTION. Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, Dr. Hans Blix. The governing Security ...
There was over 500 munitions Saddam had that were classified as WMDs and presented to congress in 2006 as evidence
The munitions found contain sarin and mustard gases, Army Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said. Sarin attacks the neurological system and is potentially lethal.
"Mustard is a blister agent (that) actually produces burning of any area (where) an individual may come in contact with the agent," he said. It also is potentially fatal if it gets into a person's lungs.
The munitions addressed in the report were produced in the 1980s, Maples said. Badly corroded, they could not currently be used as originally intended, Chu added.
While that's reassuring, the agent remaining in the weapons would be very valuable to terrorists and insurgents, Maples said. "We're talking chemical agents here that could be packaged in a different format and have a great effect," he said, referencing the sarin-gas attack on a Japanese subway in the mid-1990s.
Defense.gov News Article: Munitions Found in Iraq Meet WMD Criteria, Official Says
Saddam was selling oil on the black market as well
You brought up the cost. The closing of those bases saved us billions as did the funding the UN required over those years to try and enforce those regulations
You keep forgetting Al Qaeda also had made the beginning of a new force in Iraq. Those munitions we found in Iraq had lethal munitions left in there war heads (remember japans subway gassing?) there was also a large stock pile of "yellow cake"
The Intel was exaggerated by some, but by no means was Saddam innocent of the very items he had agreed to rid his country of. Some were found weeks before ewe invaded. We had no choice but to remove him after 9-11
He made a choice to ignore those terms, not the coalition
Look you have a right to dis agree with these events. But the very reason I started this thread was because of the lies that you now repeat (I do not blame you)
Saddam lied
Saddam did have weapons he was suppose to have destroyed
Saddam did have chemicals in this munitions he was to have destroyed
Saddam had Chemicals in there bare form that he was not suppose to have
Saddam got caught with long range missiles he was suppose to have destroyed
These where all items that Saddam had agreed to have destroyed, he was given a chance to remove his self from power and he chose war, not the coalition