[CNCRaymond]

Could someone please explain to me why they think what GWB did was bad? I mean as I see it, he ended a system of government that was both corrupt and a threat to continued world security.

We all know that Saddam has sought after, and did have at one point, weapons of mass destruction.

If we would have left him alone, and not gone in when we did, what do you think would have eventually happened?

Do you think Saddam would have continued to seek after these types of weapons? Continue his reign of evil over the Iraqis people? Continued to support terrorist Groups and funding of terrorist activities?

If Saddam did get his hands on a WMD, do you think he would have used it himself, or either sell it or given it to a group that would have used it?

We all can agree that Saddam had, abused his powers as a leader of his country to both kill innocent people, and line his own pockets with gold. He did not want wealth per say, what he wanted was power.

We know that Saddam attempted to have GB senior killed. Could this have been motivation for GWB to go in?

What I know is that nearly everyone felt that Saddam had to go. He was an evil man, a man who sought after, and more than likely would have gotten, a weapon of mass destruction.

If Saddam had gotten his hands on a nuke, I have no doubts that he would have sold it or given it to a terrorist group who would have used it against either Israel or the another target.

I do not think that not finding weapons of mass destruction is a bad thing. I think it is a horrifying thing. If Saddam did have them, where are they now? If he did not have them, then did he destroy the ones he did have or did he just sell them off?

The end result is: Saddam is no longer in power, a source of funding and support for terrorism has been severely curtailed, and a source for weapons of mass destruction has been removed. The Iraqis people have their freedom, albeit a bit confused and chaotic at the moment, but they do have it. Saddam is now in custody and will stand trial for his crimes.

I think that GWB did what needed to be done in order to make a better place for us all to live. I think he saved a people from a tyrant ruler and his thugs. I do not believe that GWB lied to the world, I believe he honestly felt that what he was saying was true and accurate. Never the less, world opinion on this subject will always be that he lied. One thing to keep in mind though, these are the same people who protested the war in the first place, who wanted to keep Saddam in power. They wanted Saddam’s rule to continue, and the suffering of the Iraqis people to continue unabated.

These are also the same people who stood by and let millions die in the Yugoslavian civil wars. I have to be honest with you all, I really sincerely question the reasoning of these kind of people.

But they have their reasons, their information, and way of life. I have mine, and I am not above saying that I don’t know all the facts, and that truth is something that a Government seldom tells its people regardless of Government it is.

We should never stand idle when human rights are being violated, and people are being appressed. There is no such thing as an acceptable tolerance to human suffering. Going into Iraq and taking out Saddam was something that should have been dealt with back in 91. But politics being politics, and the worlds opinion mattering, he was left alone, as were the Taliban. Look where that philosophy has taken us all.

In my humble opinion, we as a whole, all of us, not just the USA, but all nations, should stand together and say enough is enough. No excuses, no more terrorism or violation of human rights. If you support terrorism, or violate the sanctity of humanity, then you will be dealt with.

If not for the USA, France, Great Britain, and god know how many other countries would have been forced to endure the horror that was brought to them by Adolf Hitler. I really see no difference here. Saddam, if left alone, would have continued his quest for a nuclear weapon and eventfully would have obtained one. And then the world would have changed.