Now it is reasonable to assume that, especially within the western world, the dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, is an international criminal and vindicator of terror. ... This alone, I think is more than enough justification for action, and the reality is, if America had not baulked on finishing Saddam in the gulf war, not only wouldn't this speech be written but allot of American officials wouldn't be now wondering why they have to do it all over again. ... The war would be extremely expensive and there is a possibility that either the country will not recover, causing regional in...

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Cold War, a term used for the period of tense relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, stretching from the late 1940s to the late 1980s when Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe and the USSR ceased to exist. The two superpowers faced each other as leaders of conflicting political, ...

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Although Saddam Hussein is no longer in power, he continually defied the United Nations resolutions to comply with weapons inspections for weapons of mass destruction and weapons proliferation while he was dictator over Iraq. ... Removing Saddam Hussein from power was a huge step not only for national and global security, but also for the security of the Iraqi people. ...

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We know from translations of his own speeches that Saddam Hussein used the media as a propaganda machine for his own purposes when he announced war against the US lead coalition as a war of Islam against the West, because Iraq under his rule was one of the most westernized of all Arab nations. Apart from terrorists, a call to action by a dictator like Saddam Hussein did not resonate with Muslims worldwide. ...

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