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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (580960)	6/7/2004 11:43:52 AM
From: Cola Can	Respond to of 769670

Was the war in Iraq justified? No it wasn't justified. Oppressed people? There are more oppressed people in Africa, but no great oil countries. You can't justify 119 billion, with "Iraqis were treated badly." There were no links to terrorism and no WMD. Bottom line, the USA invading Iraq was not justified. Was this war necessary? Necessary for whom? For the USA or Iraqis? The Iraqis got rid of Saddam, but now have a country full of terrorists, who wont like any government that will be setup. The USA had no business going into Iraq. When so many people had lost their jobs and homes, in the USA, the important priority was to focus on US citizens. When a leader allows his own people to suffer, while he helps another, then he is an unfit leader. Let's put this another way. Would you kill your neighbor because you feared he "MAY" attack you one day? Ok, let's throw in the fact that he mis-treats his wife and kids? Would this justify killing him? Anyone who tried it would be arrested for murder. The USA attacked Iraq, on the record, for: 1. What it "THOUGHT" Saddam had. 2. What it "THOUGHT" Saddam may do. 3. How Saddam treated his people. That doesn't justify excessive force. The individuals responsible for invading Iraq, should be treated the same way, an individual citizen, in the USA, would be treated in killing his neighbor. They should be arrested.