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Quote: (Originally Posted by eusebioCBR)

YES, the satellite images presented by the defence department and shown on all the network news shows covering the near year long debate of wether we should hold Saddam accountable to the countless violations of the armistice he agreed to. Saddams surrender was conditional and he is responsible for those violations. If you think Saddam was no big deal or not much of a threat would you want him neighboring your country? Perhaps you'd like him heading your government? I'm sure we're all content to philosophize from our relatively comfy societies and now most in Iraq can boast that liberty(philosophize) as well.

So those caravans of large trucks running 24hrs a day into Syria was just a coincidence.( I'm going to regret visiting this thread )

I asked if you saw the caravans of large truck running for 24 hrs a day into Syria?

If the USA had documented proof from satellite images of caravans of trucks moving into Syria on the eve of the war, I have no doubt at all that George W. would have ordered to follow and examine these trucks.

That there was proof that Saddam did not give full cooperation in regards to the restrictions that were put upon him I totally agree with, that Saddam was a big deal as a tyrant I also agree with, that Saddam was building WMD's there was much doubt about, weapon inspections were still in full progress, Hans Blix and his men were still inspecting and could not find any proof that there were any WMD's, because there weren't any as it turned out.
The world (France, Germany, Russia, millions of protesters) doubted the security reports or at least were sure that is was not enough proof to base a war on and they were proven right. They had access to the same intelligence as the pro-war governments of the USA and Britain, but they interpreted the intelligence correctly by saying there was insufficient proof and that there needed to be more inspections and more monitoring. The inspections and the no-fly-zones proved in retrospect enough to control the weapon-building capacity of Saddam. Sure, the citizens of Iraq were under the reign of a terrible tyrant, but that wasn't the issue. Now they are on the brink of a civil war, I don't know what's better, living under a dictator or living in a country with a civil war going on, can you?

The pro-war people always claim that the anti-war people would have Saddam doing as he himself pleased, that is not the case, we just didn't think war was the solution, more inspections, more monitoring, keeping up the no-fly-zones, it should have been enough to keep him under control, without taking thousands of lives of Iraqi citizens and of coalition forces.