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Originally Posted by Nate the great
... Well first of all, go ahead and ignore about most the reasons why we invaded Iraq and focus on the one that fooled everyone. ... I see that he only had 3 options: relax the sanctions, continue them indefinitely, or invade. To relax the sanctions after 8 years would let Saddam win, and be a sign of weakness. To keep the sanctions indefinitely would hurt the Iraqis and not affect Saddam. This leaves us with invasion.
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Hm, I remember only one reason, before the invasion, given by the administration: the reason that "fooled everyone." Well, it didn't full some of the senior military commanders, nor much of the intelligence community, nor some in the Foreign Office.
There were deeper reasons for the invasion, but, really, if the ones you are thinking of are good reasons for war, we would be in North Korea, and in Iran, and in Libya, and in Venezuela, and in Russia, and in Kazakhstan, to name a few.
I wonder if such opinion is "based on fact instead of the media's FUD", of which there was quite a bit at the time?