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Saddam was a cruel bastard, no doubt, but that wasn't why we went to war. The "saving the Iraqi people" bit only started coming out once the WMD story fell through,
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We went to war because we thought Saddam either had WMDs already or was trying to get them. Saddam would not let us look to make sure, so we had no other option but to invade.
The alternative was to cross our fingers and hope he was telling the truth. That was unacceptable to most of us. That is why we invaded.
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traditional conservatives that oppose humanitarian wars...not Neo-cons. Most neo-cons support Clinton's intervention in Kosovo for example.
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I could have sworn I heard Bush tell the American public that we were going to war for humanitarian reasons....
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Please provide the quote that led you to believe the war was started for humanitarian reasons rather than reasons of defense.