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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
Dude was a total dick in his region, but a worse threat then Al Qaeda to the US on a whole? No way.
W went after Saddam for financial gains and to avenge daddy, who should have taken him out as part of Desert Storm.
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al qaeda is more openly aggressive/subversive... but saddam was more powerful and had a greater potential to cause problems. him 'being a dick in his region' was a problem for US geopolitical interests in the mid east. at one point, when he invaded kuwait, it started to look like he had the potential to become the major regional super power. he could've probably overrun the saudis, if the US didn't have their back, which is why they called on us to take care of him.
your narrative sounds like a lazy regurgitation of john stewart brand liberal common wisdom, tbh. clinton was also gunning for saddam throughout his entire presidency. never once was he considered not an enemy since the gulf war. and i'm curious why you think it would have somehow been fine to dismantle saddam's regime in 91 but not in 2003...