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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Well, if I recall, Pres.Clinton was lambasted for thinking of putting troops in a war against an enemy with no face, no home country, no real foundation outside of its fanatical religious belives. The non-violent approach? We have been dropping bombs on Iraq since the end of the first Gulf War, enforcing the no-fly zone. We launched cruse missles at targets with precision to take out key targets.
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Yes, we have gone into Iraq many times between the first Gulf War and now. But, to my knowledge (and I could be wrong), we've never bombed anyone in response to a terrorist attack prior to 9/11. In regards to what's going in Iraq now, I think it was necessary for us to go in and take out Saddam; the numerous mass graves they've found speak for themselves. The whole WMDs debate, while they never found any actual weapons, they did find materials for producing them. Whether or not they were actually going to make them, I don't know. I do feel now that we should be getting out of there, but you can't necessarily bomb the hell out of a country, and just leave and say clean up the mess. Unfortuantely, we've gotten ourselves in pretty deep in Iraq. But in regards to terrorism, to me it's something you just can't fight while sitting on your hands.