Originally posted by: DurocShark
Originally posted by: darren
Originally posted by: DurocShark
Ya'll keep missing the point. GWB used the vague WMD argument to get support for invasion. But the fact that Saddam DID support terrorism financially, and he DID attempt to assassinate a US President, and he DID slaughter thousands of people because of ethnic or religious reasons, is enough for me.
He just knew that there were lots of pansies in the world who would keep turning the other cheek. Like we're made of cheeks.
International relations do NOT require the following of legal procedure. If they did we'd still be arguing over the Berlin split from WWII.
i'd be interested to read where Bush or anybody gives concrete evidence that Saddam supports al-qaeda and terrorism financially. IIRC, Bush didnt prove or give strong evidence of it. And yes, without concrete evidence we SHOULD be skeptical. (still no signs of WMD) despite Bush, Powell and everybody's claim that they had proof that there is.
what's enough for you is one thing. what's enough for our president to invade and occupy is another.
Bush never talked about Saddam's financial support because it would have inflamed other arab countries. Plus it's a touchy subject anyway.
Whenever Israel destroyed the home of a Palestinian terrorist, Saddam would send money to the terrorist's family with letters encouraging more terrorist acts.
Sounds like financial support of terrorism to me.
hi,
1. IIRC, it was that he would contribute money to the family of suicide bombers after the suicide bombers because the breadwinner is dead.
2. that's not financially supporting terrorism. if you deem all Palestinian suicide bombers terrorists, then at most it is encouraging terrorism after the fact.
3. the destruction of homes by Israelis is illegal under UN and Geneva conventions: it falls under collective punishment. and I, myself, would consider THAT terrorism because it seeks political objectives by punishing non combatant civilians.
4. on a side point, guess who's tax dollars are paying for them John Deere tractors that are destroying homes over there. Yes, money from our pockets.
5. please get the reasons organized and straight. what prompted the US to attack, invade, and occupy Iraq? It was the WMD that threatened international security, not $5000 per month to Palestinians.
6. Its not to say that what Saddam did in terms of murdering Kurds (and remember that was also done in the 80's when he was our friend that we sold weapons to) and supporting Palestinian terrorism is somehow good or insignificant. It's just that its not enough to justify war.
7. The point is to focus on making sure our actions are justified and it is wrong to just go around finding whatever excuses we can grab onto after we've just military toppled a country killing tens of thousands of their people and endangering our own troops in the process. Rationalizing is what people are dong nowadays when they say, "Yea, so what if there are no WMD's?? Saddam needed to go anyways sinec he's an evil murderer."
~d