Dunno, Saddam is evil, but then I can't think of any regime which the US has put in place after replacing the old one which has really lasted. And some of them have failed in quite a horriffic way eg Sierra Lione. Also an attack on Iraq would further destrabalise the Arab world, which is currently very tetchy and unbalanced anyway, so the consequences could be far reaching. Hey, isn't 2003 prophesised as an important year? Could be connected, as the attack which is almost certainly coming will probably happen at the end of this year/start of next. What makes me sick is that Blair is acting as the US's lacky again, when a large majority of British don't support him ("Mr Flibbles very cross" - Red Dwarf).
One other thing - Iraq is not a threat. Saddam may be an absolute ba***rd but he isn't stupid enough to mount a direct, even nuclear, attack against the west, that would be pure suicide and he would be crushed like an insect if he did. As for supporting terrorism, we have no proof of that, but we DO have LOTS of proof against Saudi Arabia on this change. Also since Mr Hussein knows there is a very real threat that he will be ousted and probably killed he won't be thinking of trying to annoy anyone, but (hopefully) pacify. If he has any sense he will allow the inspectors back in. The reason he chucked them out was because he was getting nothing in return - they had been inspecting for years and the sanctions were as tight as ever (causing massive death of young innocent Iraqis). Why then should he bother letting them snoop on him? To then say he is flouting UN resolutions well maybe, but who can really blame him. So he invaded Kuwait - but the US has invaded more countries than I could possible hope to list. More hypocrist, more greed, more power mongering, more war, and more money for the rich. I really hate politicians sometimes.
One other thing - Iraq is not a threat. Saddam may be an absolute ba***rd but he isn't stupid enough to mount a direct, even nuclear, attack against the west, that would be pure suicide and he would be crushed like an insect if he did. As for supporting terrorism, we have no proof of that, but we DO have LOTS of proof against Saudi Arabia on this change. Also since Mr Hussein knows there is a very real threat that he will be ousted and probably killed he won't be thinking of trying to annoy anyone, but (hopefully) pacify. If he has any sense he will allow the inspectors back in. The reason he chucked them out was because he was getting nothing in return - they had been inspecting for years and the sanctions were as tight as ever (causing massive death of young innocent Iraqis). Why then should he bother letting them snoop on him? To then say he is flouting UN resolutions well maybe, but who can really blame him. So he invaded Kuwait - but the US has invaded more countries than I could possible hope to list. More hypocrist, more greed, more power mongering, more war, and more money for the rich. I really hate politicians sometimes.