Mother of God, my point was that attacking Saddam out of a sense of vengeance for the 9/11 attacks is completely unfounded. Pyro's message here is that we're attacking Iraq because of the terrorist actions taken against this country a year and a half ago. That is bullshit, plain and simple. This confrontation is not about vengeance for 9/11. This confrontation is about a preemptive strike on a militray force that has yet to pose any tangible threat to us. I'm not saying I disagree with our invasion of Iraq. I'm saying that blowing up Baghdad shouldn't be written off simply as a reactive attack due to 9/11.

I agree wholeheartedly that Saddam Hussein is a dickwad, and needs to be ousted from power one way or another. But this war was generated almost entirely out of the need for people to feel as though something was being done about the terrorist situation in our world. Because our government was unable to locate Osama Bin Laden and bring him to justice, Bush decides to start pointing fingers at a military power that as far as we can prove, had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11. The people of this country needed a scapegoat, and we knew exactly where to find him.

I agree that Saddam Hussein needs to be removed from power. But he needs to be removed from power because he's a threat to the world. NOT because we want to beat someone up for the 9/11 attacks.