Earlier in this thread China, France and Russia were mentioned as countries that had probably aided Hussein in developing WMD's, to that list one should also add Germany. Now isn't it interesting that the same countries that helped Iraq develop WMD's are also the same countries that are most vehemently opposed to going into Iraq to remove them once and for all.
For those who think that diplomacy could have worked with someone like Hussein they should take a good look at what happened after Prime Minister Chamberlain returned to Britain declaring, "Peace in our time," while brandishing a treaty he had just signed with Adolph Hitler.
Personally I believe we should have made sure we had brought Bin Laden to justice before moving on to Iraq, but in time dealing with Hussein was inevitable. By doing so before he began to use the WMD's he has been developing as quickly as possible many lives will have been saved on both sides. Consider that had Hussein managed to fully develop and use WMD's the response of the US would have been in kind. How many innocent Iraqi citizens would have been killed in a nuclear attack? On the balance many many lives have been spared by this current action.
For those who think that diplomacy could have worked with someone like Hussein they should take a good look at what happened after Prime Minister Chamberlain returned to Britain declaring, "Peace in our time," while brandishing a treaty he had just signed with Adolph Hitler.
Personally I believe we should have made sure we had brought Bin Laden to justice before moving on to Iraq, but in time dealing with Hussein was inevitable. By doing so before he began to use the WMD's he has been developing as quickly as possible many lives will have been saved on both sides. Consider that had Hussein managed to fully develop and use WMD's the response of the US would have been in kind. How many innocent Iraqi citizens would have been killed in a nuclear attack? On the balance many many lives have been spared by this current action.
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