Originally posted by holycowSVTpaul:

The fact remains, no weapons of mass destruction were ever found in Iraq. Again, how and when should we have dealt with Iraq?? For me, that question was a question of the future, not an imminent threat. You know, you couldn't maintain sanctions against Iraq forever. What happend after WWI when all those sanctions were levied against Germany? It ruined their economy and gave rise to the Third Reich. What happened next?? You can't strangle hold a country forever.


The US was getting a bad name in the Middle East even before we invaded Iraq. Why were Saudis flying planes into the twin towers? They didn't do it for nothing. We had a flawed foreign policy. The blame stems way back to the Clinton administration. The Clinton administration failed us too.





Not sure where you stand...you say future threat. Clearly Sadam planned to reconstitute WMD after sanctions lifted. Then you say "you couldn't maintain sanctions against Iraq forever"...So we should have stopped sanctions? Or should we have kept them with what we know of the UN corruption? Dissent, sure..always. But Scott Ritter was in a pretty distinct minoriy of global intell opinion on the subject. What proof did he provide that WMD were destroyed?

I ask you..Why were Saudis flying planes into the twin towers? . SOUNDS like you blame OUR "flawed foriegn policy". We had it comming?? You know, militant Islam is on the attack in about 30 countries globally....Russia, Sudan, Indonesia, Phillipines. Maybe its something about THEIR Philosophy rather than ours??