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Originally posted by cthulu23
I've never seen evidence to back this up.
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It was the reason Senator Feinstein provided for why Congress approved the war - the concern that Saddam could easily hand off chemical and/or biological weapons to terrorist cells.
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But the connection was used to sway the opinions of the American people.
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No. The opposition to the war has spun a myth that the justification for war was a direct link between OBL and Saddam. I refer you to the 2003 State of the Union Address to refresh your memory regarding the four stated reasons. Such a connection is not mentioned.
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And we respect the sanctity of UN opinion so much that we invaded over it's objections. I consider the UN resolution argument meaningless because of this obvious disconnect.
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You are ignoring the fact that the UN Resolutions concerned the settlement of the 1991 Gulf War, to which the U.S. is an interested party. The unwillingness of the Oil For Food Bribed members of the UNSC to enforce the resolutions left us no choice but to act to protect our interests without UN involvement.
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This "flypaper theory," popularized by Andrew Sullivan, only works if there is a finite amount of Islamic terrorists. Given that the invasion of a Middle Eastern country will undoubtedly create new extremists, this value of this idea is null.
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This is in the spirit of blaming the victim. The terrorists need no excuse. Our very existence is their main objection; the goal is our obliteration. It is better to create a nexus within the Mid-East to draw out the poison than to have their efforts concentrated upon U.S. territory.