We propped Saddam up only because Iran was a bigger threat. It was a mistake but you should make no mistake about it that he had WMD and the technology to make more within a short period of time BECAUSE we were the ones who gave it to him. Faulty intelligence? I think not. And further I believe the satelite photos of all the 18 wheelers shipping those things over to Syria after he became aware that we were once again on his tail.

As far as the issue of terrorism escalating I would ask that you begin to look at the incidents involving terrorism over the years. Terrorism was escalating in the ’90’s until it peaked with 9/11. What’s going on over there now is a rooting out of these elements and bringing them to justice.

I don’t see how any of those that you listed was a threat to the US and our interests, excluding Kuwait.

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Ted, both are factual.

Post-Gulf War Iraq was not much of a threat. A nuisance yes, but a threat deserving what we have since done – no. Saddam was isloated economicly and militarily. His WMD program was practically non-existant as has now been proven. Oops!ops:

And YES, the Iraq War has increased terrorism and hatred for America worldwide.

Proof?

here.

and here…

and here…

oh…and here too.

But hey now, my conservative friends, don’t let facts get in the way of your opinion.

1983-1988: Documented chemical attacks by Iraqi regime caused some 30,000 Iraqi and Iranian deaths.

1988: Chemical attack on Kurdish village of Halabja killed approximately 5,000 people.

1987-1988: Iraqi regime used chemical agents in attacks against at least 40 Kurdish villages.

1990-91: 1,000 Kuwaitis were killed in Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

1991: Bloody suppression of Kurdish and Shi’a uprisings in northern and southern Iraq killed at least 30,000 to 60,000. At least 2,000 Kurdish villages were destroyed during the campaign of terror.

2001: Amnesty International report: “Victims of torture in Iraq are subjected to a wide range of forms of torture, including the gouging out of eyes, severe beatings and electric shocks… some victims have died as a result and many have been left with permanent physical and psychological damage.”

Human Rights Watch: Saddam’s 1987-1988 campaign of terror against the Kurds killed at least 50,000 and possibly as many as 100,000 Kurds.

Refugees International: “Oppressive government policies have led to the internal displacement of 900,000 Iraqis.”

Iraq’s 13 million Shiite Muslims, the majority of Iraq’s population of approximately 22 million, faced severe restrictions on their religious practice.

FBI: Iraqi government was involved in a plot to assassinate former President George Bush during his April 14-16, 1993, visit to Kuwait.

Yep…that’s what I call very little terrorism.

And by the way…who really cares if the rest of the world doesn’t LOVE all Americans? It’s not like this feeling is anything new.

“Don’t let the fact that Iraq wasn’t really a threat get in the wayr that there was very, very little terrorism going on there before we f*cked it all up.”

Neither of these statements are factual.

Don’t let the fact that Iraq wasn’t really a threat get in the way…or that there was very, very little terrorism going on there before we f*cked it all up.

You DO realize that the Iraq War has INCREASED Terror Attacks and INCREASED hatred for America, don’t you?

Sounds like YOU don’t “get it”

Well, get your napkin dear and wipe the computer screen!:lol:

well thank-you so much for that! I just spit the diet coke:shock:

The phrase comes to mind whenever I hear the rhetoric like this from those dems. Surrender Dorothy…or in this case just surrender America.

I never thought I’d see the day when one political party wanted desperately for the U.S. to surrender and lose.

Do you have a white flat emoticon Peejz? Maybe it’s time to get one.