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Iraq needed Saddam?

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nwr
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06-24-2014 1:23 AM 		Reply to: Message 48 by Minnemooseus
06-24-2014 12:36 AM

Re: The evcforum Iraq micro-poll in January 2003
I didn't join evcforum until 2005, so I didn't vote.
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If I had voted, it would have been an unequivocal no. I had been saying that to my friends.
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My main reason, was that I expected such a war to become another quagmire, somewhat like Vietnam.
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06-26-2014 10:06 AM 		Reply to: Message 50 by Phat
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Re: The evcforum Iraq micro-poll in January 2003
In retrospect, it almost seems like the main reason for that war was to provide two trillion worth of business to arms merchants and to test weapons.
I guess I'm a cynic. I've been assuming all along that Bush and Cheney wanted to get their hands on Iraq's oil.
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It was already clear in Dec 2001 (I think it was the "axis of evil" speech), that Bush intended to use 9/11 as a pretext for invading Iraq.
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I'm coming to realize that the "con" part of "neo-con" is because to whole thing is a con game.
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