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Maybe the government has not had intentions of averting war. The US military is the one trying to keep the "containment" lid on the pressure-cooker that Iraq is becoming. It simply pushed and pushed the bounds of the envelope established against it after the Gulf War.
Iraq was naughty - the world took its toys away. It agreed to let the world do that to keep its country intact. If it wasn't continually trying to challenge the world - and I mean shots fired every week for 12 years folks - and if it just did what it agreed to do as penance, I don't think the US would have gone after it beginning a few years ago. Put, it's been a pain in the ass for a dozen years, causing the US military a lot of headaches in nannying it.
Come on, how come no one cared when they kicked inspectors out years ago? Why did no one ask Iraq to answer? Why did companies in our countries keep selling it forbidden chemicals and arms? Does no one care about its bad behavior?
There's so much time spent demonizing those who want to make war and be done with the problem that it seems we've forgotten that a maniacal dictator has VX gas, missiles to strap it to, and the will to use it.
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