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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
I think people for years had been told SH was a huge problem, that he had WMD according the UN, and that America had a ten year history of killing Iraqi's in an effort to make SH comply with his obligation to prove he no longer had WMD. Right or wrong, that is a long history of attacking someone. Then, after 9/11, the attitude was America could no longer afford to put up with SH's BS. I think that is why W was able to sell the Iraq War so easily - that and Americans in general could care a less how many Muslims die as long as we do not get attacked again.
Note - none of the foregoing should be contrued as me justifying W's decision to rush to war. I am not saying that. I was just pointing out the historical context of Iraq.
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No but this flawed reasoning seems plausible. I know at least a couple of people that didn't really care about the details and just wanted to see us go in and get the bad guys. That doesn't make it any less frustrating to possibly understand it.