Saddam was a threat to his own populace

Cheers!
"To me, it was clear that Saddam defied the diplomacy of the United Nations and the actions/threat of coalition forces in the first Gulf War. To me, Saddam was a threat to his own populace; just ask any Kurd or Iraqi Shiite Muslim you know. Also ask any Kuwaiti or Saudi Arabian who was in their country at the time of the Iraqi invasion.

http://www.cspan.org/resources/pdf/iraqdecade.pdf documents the potential for existence of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Saddam's arsenal. To me, Saddam's threat extended far beyond the Iraqi borders. Of course, we now know that Saddam's WMD research fell short of reality. The world did not definitively know this in March 2003. Coalition forces acted on threat intelligence and Saddam's sabre-rattling known at the time. "

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Why are we in Iraq?

Cheers!
"This is a thought provoking question. There are many schools of thought on this question and many of those involve biases, both from the conservative right and the liberal left. I must admit that I have a bias as well since I actually have been there and may return in the future.

Preface aside, here's my answer to this question: In 2001, Amnesty International issued a report on the actions (I am biased in calling them "atrocities") of Saddam Hussein" - http://www.cspan.org/resources/pdf/iraqdecade.pdf

Why are we still in Iraq?"

Shortly after www.QuestionItNow.com was launched Cheers! submitted a very in depth analysis of why he believed American armed forces removed Saddam from power in Iraq. Cheers! argues that the military was following what was presented to them as good intellingence. Therefore he contends that invading Iraq to remove a repressive dictator was a noble cause.

However Cheers! ends by questioning why we are still in Iraq. This blog will re-publish the original email in abreviated segments that will allow people to respond to various points that were brought up. We invite you to share your perspectives.