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Unfortunately, a lot of people buy into the administration's rhetoric because they are patriotic. No one can argue that Saddam Hussein was a bad guy, but the fact is no one can PROVE that he was such an IMMEDIATE threat that warranted the hasty and poorly planned action we took against him. In fact, most evidence seems to indicate that Iraq was indeed less of a threat. Hussein may have had dealings with some terrorists but they are significantly less than the administration would like us to believe. Contrary to what many of you may think, Iraq was not the terrorist training ground that Afghanistan was. In fact, most of that activity occurred in the Kurdish area to the north, which Saddam did not control.
We were not prepared to handle this alone. You can thank Clinton for weakening our military and our intelligence capabilities. We needed a real coalition from the start with a clear plan for the occupation.
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