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Old 09-18-2004, 11:32 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DJ Happy
Please don't offer "reasons" such as violating UN resolutions or crimes against humanity as legitimate reasons to invade a sovereign nation unless you're willing and able to explain why other, more blatant and savage violations and crimes by other nations are ignored and even encouraged.
How about this then:

What made Hussein different from any number of other insane dictators around the world is the fact that he sat on the largest untapped reserves of oil in the world. The entire world relies on Middle East oil to run their societies productively, and with his oil he, 1) took advantage of the UN with the oil for food deal, enriching himself, while his people became of the poorest living standards in the world, and his country's infrastucture was neglected and in ruin, 2) used the oil to obtain and enhance his WMD stockpile and his conventional weaponry which he used to attack Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. 3) funded terrorist suicide bombers in Palestine. One could go on a long time.

I say it is a Bad Thing when so much oil, which so much of the world relies on, is controlled by an insane, aggressive dictator. I would pick a corrupt but civilized government over a corrupt, inept, hostile and backward dictator every time. Even though I don't think it was the only reason Iraq was invaded, if in fact it WAS the only reason, I'd be fine with it. A vital, finite resource was being wasted and abused. Add to it his sympathies and funding of terrorism, and the occurence of 9/11 and the potential danger he posed in this new light, its really a no-brainer.

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