>Which of these acts were against the United States?
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>In one way or another, almost all of them. <s>
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>Hussein was taking aid that WE were sending, and using it for his own personal gains.
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>The suicide bomber situation posed a direct threat to one of our allies (Israel).
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>Violations of U.N. resolutions alone, were reason enough for taking him out.
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A leader of state pocketed foreign aid? Unbelievable! That's never happened before!

Saddam didn't like Israel? Another first!

Disrespected the UN? A new low! (Uh, we do that one ourselves).

All right, I'll stop being a smartass. My point was that countries do those things all the time without our taking them as a threat to the U.S. or feeling the need to invade them.