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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Enam Luf who wrote (598381)8/1/2004 5:30:47 PM
From: Thomas A Watson  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Beyond the relative judgement on how imminent the threat Iraq posed when the 25 million people of Iraq were given freedom. Both longer term strategic and shorter term tactical dangers should be considered.

1983 Marine Barracks Bombing in October kills 241 US Marines.

Can terrorist operate in Saudia Arabia?
Were hundreds of thousands of American Soldiers concentrated in Saudia Arabia to force criminal saddam to allow the UN to again conduct inspections.
Does anyone think criminal saddam was complying?

And as to the reality of saddam having WMD's Can anyone point to the least hint that 100% of the military were acting with the idea they would face WMD if they invaded.
Adding integrity to that assumption.

Retired Gen. Tommy Franks Says
* The biggest surprise for him was that they've found no weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the "reason we went to war." He says multiple Middle Eastern leaders, including Jordan's King Abdullah and Egypt's
Hosni Mubarak, told Franks that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. In January 2003, Mubarak said point blank to Franks, "Saddam has WMD-biologicals, actually-and he will use them on your troops."
prnewswire.com

Any person who would have continued the status quo based upon what was known at the time is a reckless idiot.

And I believe David Kay's most recent assessment that saddam in charge was a far far more dangerous terrorist threat than
anyone had imagined is 100% correct.

Also considering the depravity of actions of terrorists and the acts committed since 25 million Iraqis were given freedom. I wonder how any person could suggest that thousands of soldiers could be left as sitting ducks non WMD acts of depravity while saddam played his games and everyone had been convinced by saddam he had hidden stockpiles of WMD.

The longer term strategic benefit is that Iran is now bordered with societies on path that will likely lead to the collaspe of that evil terror embracing government.
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