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Originally Posted by 1ViciousGSX
I agree with Steve also, but with all the satellite technology we have, we would have seen plenty of it leaving the country. It's hard to truck missles and such without being out in the open.
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We have essentially the best intelligence in the world. We can read a license plate from 20 miles up, but can't seem to locate stockpiles of weapons that we "know" were there. The American public was fed either lies or assumptions. This administration stated that information about the location of WMDs and a link between Iraq, Al Queda, and the Sept. 11th attacks would be presented. They never were. It troubles me even more when this administration will not release information about Iraq until after the mid-term elections. Saddam posed no real threat to the American people. If I were told that we were going there to overthrow him because he kill thousands or even millions of his own people, then I would be a bit more understanding of the situation. But all I heard was WMDs, 9/11, terrorists........After the fact - Oh yeah, by the way, we ousted an evil dictator and instilled democracy. The truth is, if that were the basis of going over there, he wouldn't have had the American people's support.
The fact of the matter is, Saddam will not be executed. It would just make the entire region even more unstable. This is just merely a ploy to show Americans that there has been success in Iraq. Please, releasing this news just two days before a mid-term election in which the majority party that holds essentially all forms of government is trying to be re-elected is not coincidence. The success of our mission in Iraq should not be based upon the capture, trial, sentencing, and execution of a dictator.