Sorry, Nadine, NOT at all "unique"
No, Saddam was different, and I wasn't thinking merely of the body count. Saddam combined unlimited revenues, complete disregard for human life, grandiose fantasies exhibited in serial aggressions, a twelve-year uncompleted war with crumbling sanctions, all in a region of the world that we depend on for oil. That combo was unique.
Seems rational that if you don't like nuke shopping, you should close the store (duh!).
We did when we learned of it, which was after Libya cried uncle. A significant side-benefit of the Iraq campaign.
Bush attacked a country that was not the goddam pusherman; in fact, Bush provided foreign aid for, and professed friendliness with, Pakistan, the actual nuke pusherman. Explain that
We cannot attack Pakistan except at very high cost. They have nukes, remember? Moreover, Musharref is cooperative, so there are more profitable methods of approach. Do you think it would have been to our advantage to wait until sanctions on Iraq had crumbled and Saddam too had nukes? |
