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This is so far removed from reality that I don't know where to start. Let's see...The Real Hawkeye said:As much as I hate Democrats, you all have to know in your heart of hearts that president Bush intentionally cooked the books in order to convince most Americans that if we did not immediately wage all out war on Iraq (a nation that never, prior to our hostilities against them, attacked us or our allies), Iraq was going to start nuking American cities any day, right? You have to know that, right? We all heard him making this argument to the American people, didn't we? We all know how insane the suggestion was, don't we? We all understand the implications for future wars initiated by us, don't we?
I truly believe in my heart of hearts that regime change in Iraq is/was important to our own security and best interests. There was no need to "cook the books", intentionally or otherwise.
Saddam Hussein attacked Iran (which we liked). He attacked Kuweit (which we didn't like). During Gulf War I, he attacked Israel (who was being scrupulously neutral). After Gulf War I, Saddam regularly attacked American forces. He's turned his army against his own people. He's turned his police and civil forces against his own people. He's used his covert agents to attack an American President. He's paid off third parties who attacked civilians he didn't like.
About the only thing you can count on from Saddam Hussein is murder, aggression, and death. (And rape, and torture, and bribery, and intimidation, and...)
Nukes over American cities? We know that Saddam persued nuclear weapons. We know that he favored mass murder of civillians (especially by means of WMD). We know that he was willing to deploy his covert operatives in the U.S. We know he has a strong penchant for bloodshed. We know he hates the U.S. with a passion.
Is it really that hard to believe that nukes in U.S. cities were a definite possibilty? Before 9-11, nobody could have imagined thousands of Americans being murdered at work one day, yet it still happened. Even now, it's equally hard to imagine a mushroom cloud over Manhattan. But again, that doesn't mean that it can't/won't happen.
In your heart of hearts, do you really think this was an acceptible risk to take?
To me, insanity is believing we shouldn't protect ourselves from these threats.