Originally posted by 7999:
I heard that Saddam Hussein hired assassins to try to kill former president George Bush sr. If that is true then that should be enough reason to go to war.



Yeah, they attempted that when he was in Kuwait in 1993, I think it was...'93 or '94. I don't think they got anywhere near actually threatening him, though.

What gets me is that every time you hear the "lack of justification" thing come up, all you have to do to shut them up is ask "Would you prefer that he still be there?" The inevitable reaction is always "Well, no, but..." and then half-assedly talking about international support (which we had) and exhausting all alternatives (which we had, IMO).

I also like to watch as new people apparently "discover!" the truth about What Really Happened and then start threads thinking they're going to make everyone believe them.

"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.