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To: Alighieri who wrote (466303)	3/25/2009 1:55:58 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1575654

>> Which is? Actually, many. - Iraq no longer has programs to develop or use WMD. They did before the Iraq War. - We had a bitter enemy who supported terrorism where we now have an ally. - We were being made to look foolish in the eyes of the entire Mideast by a dictator who was literally toying with us. - The lack of stability in the region posed a long term national security threat. If Obama doesn't blow it, that will have been eliminated. - If it is necessary to take out Iran we have a platform from which to do it. - 5,000 civilians were dying in Iraq monthly as a result of Saddam's violence. That has been reduced to a couple hundred. - Having a democracy in the center of the Middle East provides encouragement for Iranians to demand their own freedom. And we're starting to see that now. This list could really go on for a while. But any one of the reasons above were adequate justification for our actions.