Reasons for War

[Terrance]

The Great Quail wrote:
> 
> Reasons for the war:
> 
> 2. To ensure that Iraq never becomes nuclear. In my opinion, a much better
> reason than the above, especially given the fall of the USSR, the breakdown
> of Chechnya, and Kimmy about to pop out nukes like hotcakes. Left in power,
> one day Saddam would probably get a nuke or two, and that would give him a
> dangerous amount of control over the Middle East. I suggest reading Kenneth
> Pollack's book for a very rational account of what this would be like.
> Bearing in mind that with each passing year, keeping US troops in the region
> becomes more problematic, it made sense to launch the invasion sooner than
> later.

Again, Iraq signed treaties that specifically ban the development of
nuclear weapons in or by Iraq. It violated those treaties. The UN
resolutions spell out the consequences for Iraq's failure to account for
its nuclear weapons programs.