Quote:
|
Originally Posted by host
Are you saying that the U.S. was directly threatened by Saddam offering a "Palestinian Bounty", to the point that a case could be made for invading Iraq because the bounty he paid to Palestinian suicide bombers in a longstanding territorial and political conflict in Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territories could legitimately described as a threat to U.S. national security that rose to a level that necessitated the invasion and occupation of Iraq?
|
Nope. The support of Palestinian suicide bombers was, for me, just another point against Saddam Hussein. Not the sole justification.
EDIT - Oh, and supposedly he was using money from the Oil-for-Food Program for some of these payments. I don't know if that was verified in the recent audit of that program or not. If it was true, I view it as another strike against Mr. Hussein.