Originally posted by: DoctorPizza
It is not absurd. It is needed to protect us from terrorists and madment like Saddam.
It is ineffective against terrorists, and Saddam poses no threat to the US.
We supported him because he was at war with Iran who we considered to be an even bigger threat to world security.
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The sanctions have not stopped Saddam from building multi-million dollar palaces and bunkers with gold-plated toilet seats. It is Saddam and his regime that have killed many, not the sanctions. If the oil for food program was actually used to feed the people, they wouldn't have died.
If the oil for food programme worked worth a damn, they wouldn't have died.
Better yet, if free trade were possible, they wouldn't have to go through Saddam in the first place.
Iraq is the biggest threat that we have the ability and authority to deal with right now. If we don't deal with it, it will become a much bigger threat in the future.
Iraq poses no threat whatsoever. North Korea poses a threat, al Qaeda poses a threat. Iraq is not even close. The Iraqis have neither the motive nor the means to pose a serious threat against the US.
Though perhaps you'll piss some of them off so much that they'll become Wahabbist terrorists, thereby creating a threat where none previously existed.