saddam had to go.
i don't like the way we justified making that happen, but he had to go. yes, he was "contained," but contained in there with him were men and women and children who were being tortured, raped, mutilated and killed at the whim of this prick and his two sagging sons. that had to stop -- it SHOULD have stopped a decade before this. we had the ability and as far as i'm concerned the justification to ruin his sorry ass for invading an ally of ours. we didn't boot the nazis out of france and then go home. we kept going and made damned sure there was no hitler left to try the same stunts again.
we failed the iraqis once. i'm glad that we're not going to repeat the error.
no, i don't like the reasons (excuses) we've been fed for his ousting. imo, it was unnecessary and muddied the water. that didn't have to happen. the fact that the man was slaughtering his own citizens by the hundreds is reason enough to liberate iraq.
if i had my druthers we'd do the same thing to a healthy handful of other countries, starting with syria and putting a Made In The USA boot up north korea's ass next, and rounding off with a swift "F.U." to china while we're in the neighborhood.
"hey, china. our economy called. it wants to come home now. oh, yeah, and quit executing your slave workforce and kicking pregnant political prisoners in the gut and making them kill their own babies if it should survive to birth."
ugh. i don't want to think about my thoughts right now. :P