Realist,
I'll try to go point by point with ya here. First, the US did NOT use carpet bombing in Afghanistan. We did kill civilians there, which is unfortunate, but go ask the afghanis if their glad we kicked out the Taliban.
Second, where did you get this figure of 3000 women and children kurds killed by Saddam, it's been much much more.
Was Hussein behind the 9-11 attack? Not as the master mind, the Czecs still insist inspite of the CIA's protestations to the negative, that Atta met with Iraqi intelligence in Prauge. This has not been disproved, just dismissed. Then there's the training center in Iraq attested to by Inspectors that was used to train terrorists intelligence agents how to take over a commercial airliner without guns, to include "using box cutters"
Further, there were the documents recovered from Arafats headquarters by the Israelis that Saddam was funneling money to Hamas and Islamic Jihad both. You say this makes no sense. You're right. It also made no sense for Saddam to fight us in the first Gulf War when all he had to do was leave Kuwait. The guy's a megalo maniac as most/all dictators are, he doesn't have to make sense.
As to possing a threat to his neighbors, he still destabalizes the region. We should leave troops in Kuwait and Saudi until Hussein dies? Then his son takes over who is even wackier than Saddam. If he has Nukes he can threaten from within his own borders without ever leaving Iraq. Good for him, bad for world peace.
tell me why he would start a new war or support anti US terrorism or use WMD if that would mean his certain destruction?
the whole thing just doesn't make any sense.
It's not just a matter of him STARTING a new war, its the matter of him being able to threaten his neighbors with WMD. The only reason he didn't hit Israel with Chems in 91 is because we destroyed what he had available at the time. Still he has 600 thousand tons that are unaccounted for.
The WHole thing doesn't make sense. You're absolutely right, it doesn't. Why did he invade Kuwait? He owed em money and wanted their oil. He wants to be the main power broker in the Mid East. He's a megalo Maniac, he doesn't have to make sense.
Try this scenario. The US invades Iraq. We send Saddam to the World Court for crimes against Humanity. The people in Iraq rejoice in the streets because they're finally rid of Saddam and the whole Ba'ath party system. Iraq's neighbors are grateful because they no longer have to worry about what the hell he's gonna do next. We establish a democracy in Iraq the second only in the mideast (the other being Israel). The only ones really pissed about the whole deal are the radical muslims (there's no pleasing them anyhow) and the anti-war crowd in the US and Europe (there's no pleasing them anyhow). How's that?
