As I explained a few posts back, Iraq has no use for WMDs in the current military environment of the Middle East
As I answered, Saddam Hussein has already given up 200 billion dollars of oil revenue rather than disarm as he agreed to do. Wouldn't you say that is proof that WMDs are worth quite a lot to Saddam? Enough to pay hundreds of billions of dollars for them so far.
The real problem in Iraq, as far as the war on terrorism goes, is not the regime of Saddam Hussein, but instead the fact that US sanctions have made the place a breeding ground for hatred of the US
Our big problem with Iraq is not anti-American feelings, which are not strong there anyway as they hate their government much more than us. Our problem with Iraq is Saddam, his desperate hunt for WMDs, his unpredictability, his aggression, his megalomania, and his general undeterability.
Saddam is on record as saying that his big mistake with Kuwait was not waiting until he had nukes before invading - he is sure that if he had only had nukes, the US would have been deterred from trying to stop him. Yet you think the US should have no problem with lifting sanctions and letting Saddam get nukes? If we pull out of the Mideast as you advise, the minute Saddam gets nukes, he'll roll right over Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Third time's the charm, right? Letting Saddam get control of 25% of the world's oil seems a good foreign policy to you? |
