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Originally Posted by DJ Happy
In your previous post you were talking about "Now, the worst punishment nations who support terrorism or "threaten" the US can face is regime change."
What did Saddam do to the US in the last decade that I can't remember right now?
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Hussein continually thwarted weapons inspectors, attempted to assassinate former President Bush, used oil for food programs to import banned technology (missile parts, dual use chemicals and equipment, banned weapons, etc), attempted to shoot down American planes in the no-fly zones, continued to build his military capabilities, modified missiles to extend their range(s), and continually claimed he wasn't doing any of these things. Each time he would be given a deadline, it would pass, then, when confronted with irrefutable proof, he'd admit to his violations and claim that now he needed time to comply with the aforementioned terms of the cease-fire. He did this for the better part of a decade with the world knowing full well what he was doing.
And yes, now countries do face the prospect of regime change. In the last 30 years the US hasn't put its military at substantial risk to achieve political ends. That's no longer the case. Of course, it's unlikely we'll be doing it again in the near future but there was most assuredly a price paid by Hussein's regime and by the leaders of the Taliban.