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Originally Posted by TheBrit
Britain and France declared war on Germany in 1939 because they had a treaty with Poland, who were invaded by the Germans. They were given a deadline to get out. The difference is that in this case the war was legal, a country was invaded, this was an act of war, and Britain had a treaty with this country. The Germans were quite happy with Hitler really, he was a good leader.
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Saddam also had a history of invading his neighbors, Iran, Kuwait. And the Kuwaitis put their full support behind the US going into Iraq.