Quote Originally Posted by andruejaysin
That's the thing about suicide attacks, they end up dead. The key is that more don't decide to do the same. The war in Iraq leads to just the opposite. I am by no means a pacifist, the afghan war was comepletely justified. I support any war which is in America's interest, this one is not. I am surprised they didn't plant WMD in Iraq, but I quess they surmised (quite rightly) that the risks if they got caught were unacceptable.
I am in agreement with some of what you said. I do not really know if the Iraq war is "in America's interest" or not. None of us know, yet - but Sadaam was a ruthless dictator, and I'm not crying any crocodile tears about his departure ā?? and neither are most of his victims and other citizens of Iraq (and neighboring nations). The main thing is that we should learn from our past mistakes, so that we can move forward to see the day that a better government is in place there and in nations in similar, or worse, states of dictatorship and oppression.

Your last sentence gives the impression that that the Bush administration, if they reckoned they could get away with it, would have planted evidence of WMD in Iraq. Again, I do not know if GWB would have done this had the odds of success been in his favor - although in any circle of politicians there will always be some that, given the opportunity, would operate in this fashion. Even if they HAD found actual substantial evidence, some people would have accused them of wrongdoing. This leads me to think that Bush was quite positve that WMD were there.

I would be surprised if no WMD existed in Iraq, given the character of Sadaam. He either hid them, destroyed them, or hadn't been sucessful in getting them. One thing for sure is: he wanted them.