re: #588 Dark_Falcon

Well, Saddam was evading the sanctions to smuggle oil and import weapons and spare parts for his tanks. In 2003 his Republican Guard used AT-14 anti-tank missiles that weren’t even in the test phase in 1991. Moreover, we found shipments of T-72 spare parts knew other shipments had gotten through. He was violating the sanctions frequently and glaringly. That alone would have justified his removal.

I don’t know if it would have justified it anyway if the inspectors stayed there. It still put a wrench in the works. I don’t buy the argument that UN inspections are no good because these man keep seeking to acquire. They worked in NK with Clinton and only after Jong iL kicked them out did he start to build.

Killing the Hussein clan was a good thing, but the price has been steep and ongoing.