Do you recall the Americans who died getting him out of Kuwait? Yes, but why were we so concerned about Saddam invading Kuwait? Did we show the same concern when China invaded Tibet, or when Indonesia invaded East Timor? Hell no. Also, any astute observer could see that Saddam was intending to invade Kuwait. His threats and troop build ups prior to the invasion were well known. Why didn't we stop him then, like the British did in the early 1970s when Iraq threatened an invasion of Kuwait?
How about the firing at Americans in no fly zones? The "no fly zones" were never sanction by the UN. They were illegally imposed by the U.S. and British. Perhaps he fired at us, but we had no legal authority setting them up in the first place.
Trying to assassinate President Bush? Not sure if that was ever proven true. I thought that story was retracted.
Sponsoring terrorism is Israel which kills Americans. Bingo! That is one dastardly deed that Saddam did that deserved some retribution. But, while we're at it, perhaps we could force our friends Isreal to make peace with the Palestinians, by withholding our immense financial support.
Holding terrorists in country Abu Nidal? Another fair criticism of the Butcher of Baghdad. But, then again, we don't just invade every country that's holding a terrorist.
Having a terror training center for hijacking planes. Haven't heard that one.
Developing WMD and using them. His WMDs were destroyed, as the post war searches have demonstrated. As far as attacking countries that have developed WMDs, N. Korea should be a lot higher on our list than Iraq.
Attacking two oil producing nations and threatening to attack another Saudia Arabia. Those threats against SA were never substantiated. The U.S. lied about satelitte photos showing Iraqi troops ready to invade SA. When asked to show the evidence, the U.S. caved. I guess oil is our real concern when it comes to Saddam after all.
Obviously the French did not care, they were busy subverting UN sanctions by taking bribes from Saddam. Geez if Saddam did not get the support of the French and Germans we would never have had to take him out.
A lot of western powers are guilty of befriending Saddam. The French probably do so out of spite for the U.S. |
