it may be an unpopular argument, but, for one, saddam does not have aspirations of world domination. hitler made no secret of his aims, which is why it's so surprising that no one took a real stand until they became objects of his agression. furthermore, in the last several years, saddam's abuses have been greatly curtailed because of increased attention from the world. regardless of what you say about sanctions, some of which is true and some of which isn't, it doesn't change the fact that it is immoral to try to get at saddam through his people, especially when it's obvious that he doesn't care about his people (hey, isn't it ironic that our government doesn't care about us either?!). and guess what? that's exactly what we've done to the iraqi people over the last 12 years. it's also despicable to kill civilians in the interest of routing a leader we don't like, even more so when the war is an illegal one as this one is.
furthermore, i hesitate to believe reports of what nations are sending iraq what contraband, especially after that shameful report about iraq receiving uranium for niger, which turned out to be a blatant (and a very badly done) forgery. add to that the fact that most of the articles reporting these sales conveniently leave out certain facts about american companies who have done the same thing...(and do i really have to bring up how we illegally supply israel with weapons when we are supposed to be neutral?)
in any case, iraq is a sovereign state and there is no real legal basis for an attack. we have not been attacked, nor have our allies been attacked by saddam. the last time he did anything aggressive toward any other nation, he was put in his place (although, he should probably have been deposed at that time. our leaders just didn't have the guts, even though, then at least, they would have had more of a real legal and moral basis to do so.).
i just find it ironic that we're attacking saddam for flouting united nations orders when we're doing the exact same thing. it's even more ironic that he was actually complying with weapons inspectors. i find it hard to believe when people say the inspections weren't working when even after the war has started, iraq has not used any explicitly banned weapons, nor have any weapons of mass destruction been found, even at sites named in intelligence reports.
