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Originally Posted by Lothar5150
In the real world money talks bullshit walks. A good dictatorship gives lip service to ideology but acts very pragmatically. Saddam like all "good" dictators was simply pragmatic regarding the US. We lead the world ageist him after he invaded Kuwait. Thus we were no longer good business partners. Had we helped him get sanctions lifted then we would be good partners once again.
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I beg to differ. Ideology is the tool by which a dictator (or terrorist, for that matter) manages his followers. Like small gods, their power comes from how many people are prepared to believe in them. But my point was that some dictators simply will not do business with the West --or the West, for reasons of their own, will not do business with the Dictator (I mean, do you see us strike up a good business relationship with N. Korea any time soon?).
In any case,
we led the war against Saddam because
he ceased to be a good business partner --in invading Kuwait he welched on the deal.
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The WMD was not propaganda, just bad intel.
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Again, I beg to differ. Everyone knew the data were distorted and contrived before we went to war. That's why there was such a resistance to it.
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The problem with analogies is that they rarely stand up analysis.
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Care to elaborate?