Millions of Iraqi's have had to pay, (some with their lives, some now barely have a life since they lost everything, etc) because Saddam went from a hero to the US govt to their worst enemy. Sorry, nothing you could ever say in any way excuses this behavior.

Must have been like Carlin said, someone discovered Saddam had a bigger male appendage then they did. So we have to bomb them!


>>>You have to pick your battles, but I don't accept the idea that there is nothing worth fighting for and whoever the thug of the moment is must be taken seriously as a head of state.
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>>Pinochet was taken seriously here. At some point so was Somosa, and Noriega, and every Saudi prince who came along. Rumsfeld was very cordial with Saddam once upon a time. Sheesh, there are even countries who take GW2B seriously. Not because all of these guys inspire deep respect - but because of the people they, under the circumstances, represent. And until we have a ruling body with Earth in its name, this is the way to show respect to people - respect their countries. Equally.
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>Wow this one is tough. I agree with both paragraphs above....