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Originally posted by piker
Dont get me wrong i applaud the british and the poles and everyones else that helped with the Iraq coalition.. but to think we should change our policy to please france and germany so they support us is scary...
It's just to hard to prove Saddam was or was not a threat without all the intelligence the admin looked at... So thats why I trust their opinion...
surely its conceivable to you that hed work with terroist to harm us.. he hated us for turning our backs on him... and spanking him... and on the same token its conceivable to me the inspections did work and saddam could do nothing more then torture a few politcal opponents of his...
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I'm not saying we should do a 180 on policy to get others to support us, but if a policy isn't working as intended or barely at all its usually a time to rethink the policy and make ammendments where necessary.
Too much complacency and trust in the gov't breeds corruption. It is through questioning the motives and actions of the gov't that we attempt to keep it honest.
It's conceivable, but not likely. Al Qaeda considered him an enemy and socialist since he had socialist policies and was secular in his rule and practice. The possibilities would could have happened are speculation at best. The facts are he probably didn't have anything and was no real threat to anyone.