Originally posted by bishop375:

The last time a manical leader who drummed up the kind of support Hussein had, we were attacked on December 7, 1941. We debated and debated about how Hitler wasn't a threat



WTF?

Hussein had support?

I hope you're not suggesting that Japan attacked us as support to Hitler!

We did debate about wether Hitler was a direct threat to the U.S. but we were very isolationalist at the time coming out of the Great Depression and all. On the other hand, Hitler had taken over most of Europe, and Hussein could not even fly a plane over two thirds of his country.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" -George Santayana