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Originally posted by gonadman
We were in the unenviable position of having one of the worlds most irrational and bloodthirsty killers out to settle a vendetta against us. His lunacy and revenge seeking behavior was evidenced by his failed assasination attempt on George Bush after the first gulf war.
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So....he's a lunatic....and he hates us.....
I find it no big jump in logic that Iraq, a country who recently had it's ass handed back to them, would hatch some scheme to kill the President of the country that did the "ass handling."
Following that logic....we tried to kill Castro, so it would be alright for Cuba to come in and blow shit up and then set up camp?
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Other nations will develop nuclear weapons, but it is the stability and intentions of their government that will guide our response.
What if Hitler had the bomb???
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So, there were no other unstable governments in the world at the time who were closer to nuclear armament?
I mean, we pissed off France. They've got nuclear weapons, no? North Korea is developing Nuclear weapons; they've told us, but there no bigger threat than "Crazy pants" Hussein and his crack republican guard?
Just because Hitler was crazy doesn't mean he was particularly stupid. Using something like that would've certainly involved the United States a lot sooner, which in turn would've squashed his already slim chances of winning to nothing.
Are you seriously comparing
Hitler , a truly evil man who spawned a
World War that lasted years and killed millions of Jewish folk....to
Hussein , a semi-crazy desert despot who was completely decimated in 4 weeks of ground fighting?
I think you're giving Saddam too much credit and Hitler not enough.