>So, lets throw American troops into the meat grinder to stop someone who wasn't
>killing Americans to start with.
>
>hhmmmm. The logic escapes me
The logic might be that Saddam Hussayn was a cruel dictator who had to be overthrown. Say, for the well-being of the Iraqi people. If I understand correctly, this is, in part at least, the arguments (or propaganda, IMNSHO) offered by the U.S. government.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)