I think something had to happen after 9-11, Americans aren't like the Brits, if you spit on their shoe they'll bomb the shit out of your country. One of the reasons I think Britain got dragged in on their war, is because the Americans are far less concerned about hearts and minds, and god knows what would have happened if Tony Blair had not gone over to the states when the towers fell, the war would have been a lot more bloody. Saddame had to go anyway, he was a mad murderous tyrant, he even gave a ethnic cleansing a go, they should have fucked him out after the whole Kuwait thing.
I don't understand why people are so ashamed about using oil as a reason, not on it's own of course, but another reason to take action. It's basically the bloodline of the world, and considering the west buys most of it's oil in the east, you could see why it would want to protect it, Saddame set fire to the oil wells in Kuwait, and that was a disaster. Though I still think the Iraq war was questionable, I just didn't see the Americans sitting there feeling sorry for themselves, but yeah like someone else said, one less dictator in the world.
Saddam hadn't done anything too outrages the last 10 years of his life, he just got fucked over by the west. The whole mustard gass incident took place a long while back before the west attacked him, using that arguement is a tad bit stupid IMO. Yes he was a dictator, yes he was evil as fuck, but look at iraq now... it's a goddamn anarchy man....
And I know a few arabs telling me that iraq was far better when saddam was in charge, at least then you had some feeling of safety and not the paranoia when the next suicide bombing or car bombing would take place(this is the highest priority for some). And you have to know that the values of other countries differ then from yours. Saddam had to use brute force to keep all those people in line. Look at them now? Killing each other all the time, because they are being cuddled by the new government
who is ofc corrupt AS FUCK!!!!!!