[lendaddy]

Huh? Besides the WMD's (remember we firmly believed he had them and had no reason to believe he did not) that was exactly the reason he "sold". What dod you think it was? He said they were a gathering threat(they were) and they would not agree to diplomatically resolving the situation (they wouldn't). So what did that leave us? Say F it and let him rebuild his war machine? Could we have tried more sanctions (ignored by Eurpope) sure, but it just would have delayed the inevitable.