Gorgo: Quote: "Did "we" go to war? I didn't."
Are you at least in the cheering section for our troops???
Conrade: Quote: "Well, self-defense is defined legally as "in defense of you or others. Also, Gorgo says he didn't go to war.
I did "go to war", but not for Bush's reasons, but for some reason nobody allows this train of thought...if you support the war, you agree with Bush. I support the war because since I started reading about Iraq (an offshoot of my idle research of the Persian Gulf War) I began to hate Saddam. I supported the war, not for WMDs or the opposite of all this whiney "he wasn't a threat to US, and we don't care about others," but because I wanted him gone."
Gorgo's Response: "The war wasn't about Saddam Hussein: [Actually, U.S. officials made clear that U.S. troops would enter Iraq whether or not Saddam and his sons left the country. (Michael R. Gordon, "Allies Will Move In, Even if Saddam Hussein Moves Out," New York Times, March 18, 2003, p. A16.)]"
Hey Gorgo - Check this one out: http://www.newsmax.com/
Wednesday, June 2, 2004 10:41 p.m. EDT (partial article)
New Iraq Chief: Evidence Linking Saddam to 9/11 Is 'Genuine'
The man tapped to head Iraq's new interim government has vouched for the authenticity of evidence that links Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 attacks.
Though the notion that Iraq played a role in 9/11 is considered heresy in U.S. intelligence circles, newly appointed Iraq Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said in December that a document purported to be from Saddam's intelligence service that places lead 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta in Baghdad two months before the attacks was indeed "genuine."
"We are uncovering evidence all the time of Saddam's involvement with al-Qaeda," Allawi told the London Telegraph at the time. "But this is the most compelling piece of evidence that we have found so far. It shows that not only did Saddam have contacts with al-Qaeda, he had contact with those responsible for the September 11 attacks."
And: http://wwwc.house.gov/everett/news/columns.../col_081103.asp
Toppling Saddam Was Right Move
Aug 11, 2003
It's silly season in Washington. Add former Vice President Al Gore to the list of liberal politicians who are claiming the White House deceived the American people about the nature of Saddam's regime as an excuse to invade Iraq. Senator Bob Graham, D-Fla., trying to score points for his failing presidential campaign, has even called for President Bush's impeachment for the alleged deception. Such claims are ridiculous.
Saddam not only had the desire and the means to pose a threat, he also had connections to those who shared his hatred for America. Iraq harbored Musab al-Zarqawi, a known associate of Osama Bin Laden who directed an Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan and oversaw a poisons lab in northeast Iraq. Saddam sheltered the notorious Abu Nidal whose organization carried out more than 90 terror attacks in 20 counties that killed or injured 900 people including 12 Americans. Saddam also stoked terrorism and violence in the Middle East by paying the families of suicide bombers $25,000 for attacking innocent civilians. And the list goes on.
It is simply amazing anyone could fail to see the clear and present danger posed by the regime of Saddam Hussein. If Saddam's record is not enough, we are already uncovering more evidence of his mobile chemical and biological labs, his nuclear arms documentation, and the mass graves of thousands slaughtered by his regime.
President Bush made the right decision to rid the world of Saddam's evil. It's a shame some here at home would rather ignore these facts in a weak attempt to bolster their political standing.
I know that I said that anything goes, however, there are other threads which deal directly with Saddam (Iraq) and the current situation. :) :)