All excellent posts until mine
I agree that this is our own past government's meddling mess that we are trying to fix. However, I find it very interesting that Saddam hates us so much even though we provided him with all the means to get where he is now...
I will never understand hatred for the sake of hatred. I don't know why some countries hate us, I don't know why we hate some countries. But when hatred turns to violence, something has to be done.
Iraq has supplied al quida with weapons and funding, even the slow moving UN will admit that, so now what do we do? Wait until there is another terrorist attack? I say no. Our attack on Iraq may not be entirely fair, but we need to protect ourselves. The terrorist attacks will continue and probably get worse, but if we tolerate them and the people that supply them, they will never stop.
I just hope that when this is over, things are reorganized better than in past decades and we are not back in this same place in another 20 years.
Doug