Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
Was Saddam do what he was supposed to? He did gas people before and refusing to give weapons inspectors a free pass sealed his fate...simple as that.


Listen miles, I don't like W, I am not defending his reasons for going to war I'm merely saying it's possible we were already on track to fight with Iraq anyway and after 9/11 just gave us the green light to do it.....Clinton was talking about military action vs Iraq before he left office....the only thing was W tried to take over the entire country(bad idea) with too few troops and no knowledge of the cultures there.


In the end there is a reason that is justafiable for military action vs Iraq...is wasn't the one they used but hey we could have just said "We don't like the way they are looking at us" it doesn't really change things too much at this point
It doesn't matter if it was W, Clinton, or my Grandma, it was still wrong. There is no reason that I have heard that justifies the war with Iraq or its outcomes.

Iraq did agree to allow weapons inspectors, and then the demands were increased to include Saddam and his sons leaving the country.

Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
Where's the outrage about LBJ?!?!?! That war was a TON more costly in lives and casualties but nobody ever mentions how bogus the Gulf of Tonkin Incident was
Are you fucking kidding me? That is one of the most universally derided incidents in US history.