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Originally posted by CamB
2) The war in Iraq was sold on WMD/terror links/Saddam=bad man. That memo specifically refers to Washington's intention to fit the facts to the (pre-determined) justification. You (American people) were mislead - apparently deliberately - as to the strength of the case against Iraq. The case has since fallen down - precisely because the outcome was decided in absence of the facts.
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I was originally for the war, when the justification was WMD. I did not object to attacking Iraq without UN approval. If there was a true threat to the US, we should act. However, the US government acknowledges the intelligence was wrong. We started a war based on false intelligence.
The liberation theme is a bit shallow. If we've got the balls to invade Iraq to free the people, why don't we use those balls to invade countries in Africa and Asia? China is known to trample human rights, and yet we're their best trading partner. Cuba has been ripe for an invasion for how long?
The war in Iraq is a power grab. Of course we aren't there to steal their oil. We are there to control the region. If we control the region, we control the trade and commerce, perhaps even catch a terrorist or two every now and then.
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I just wish people would stop pissing and moaning about it. What's done is done, and the best thing for us to do is see it through. Those of us domestically can also just deal with it. Bush won't be in office forever, and cannot be reelected. You are, of course, free to ***** and moan, but I wish you would just STFU and put your vote where your mouth is in the next election.
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If you are so quick to just "deal with it," why can't you just deal with the fact Saddam murdered lots of civilians. Maybe the US should stop pissing and moaning about Saddam's evil regime, right? If China invaded Hawaii based on false intelligence, would you want China to be punished, or would you say,"What's done is done!"