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Originally posted by bhutocracy
1. as does Saudi Arabia.
2. Saddam giving money to suicide bombers's families is a publicity stunt. It's not like he's funding Hamas.
3. Who gives a fuck if he supports violent palestinians. The US government gave Saddam support when he was killing his OWN people - does this mean the US government should be disposed of?
4. Support of palestinian bombers is different to support of al quaeda. Israel is responsible and can take care of it's own issues. How many palestinian bombers were hijacking planes on 9/11? If any links at all show Saddam gave money to terrorists with international activities and not just publicity stunts for localised issues then yeah there was some merit taking him out on terrorist grounds.
I don't see him bombing terrosrist orgs in north Ireland. And I don't mean that in a bland blaise statement, just showing that the administration will only go after the terrorist orgs it wants to. And frankly I fear Hamas about as much as the IRA.. not one fucking Iota.. spend money getting at Al Qaeda, Jemiah Islamia etc etc. orgs with proven international scope to harm western countries. Going into Iraq because Saddam gave money to bombers families before taking out networks with proven records of anti-western action is reckless, irresponsible and frankly a waste of money and western blood.
it's like fighting a group of muggers and starting off with expending half your resources kicking the one in the wheelchair while the big one is coming up behind you.
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The USA will go after whatever org or country...based upon many factors...that it deems to be viable...and will do so on its own time table. The reasons for taking Iraq are multiple...not the least of which (in my opinion) is strategic positioning...if we manage to stabalize Iraq (debatable) we are in a strategic position (in more than one way) to deal with the rest of the entire mideast...if need be...and I think it is probable that the need will arise.