[stevem]

I'm likely part of a tiny minority in the world, but I found the idea of deposing Saddam justified solely on humanitarian grounds. Still, each day someone asks the question: Where is this or that evidence of terrorism or WMD etc.? Then there is the omnipresesnt: Where is the smoking gun?

It's there, except for the most myopic. There were the banned scuds used early on in the war. There were the terrorist training camps that were found (and one in a skirmish) some days or weeks apart. There were the scientists terrified to talk before the war started. There were the bio lab trucks.

As you put the pieces together, the evidence is mounting and awesome. Yet as each piece pops up, the questions become apocryphal: Is that all there is?

I'm finding it a bit tiresome.

[txradioguy]

When you stop and look at it thoughtfully, IMHO, there were HUNDREDS of reason why we should have removed Saddam. Not just the ones that grabbed the media headlines. YOu bring up a good point.

[Aracelis]

I'm likely part of a tiny minority in the world, but I found the idea of deposing Saddam justified solely on humanitarian grounds. Still, each day someone asks the question: Where is this or that evidence of terrorism or WMD etc.?

You are not alone, however, Saddam knew we were on his doorstep for a long time and could have desposed of or moved whatever he had.

Also, the French reaction is still quite puzzling to me. Are their memories so short they do not recall the common-folk rising up to depose their masters because of the deplorable conditions they were forced to endure while the aristocracy suggested they "eat cake"? The guillotine served it's purpose well...and the French were freed.

[Republican Wildcat]

I think the connections to international terrorism were confirmed with the finding of the caches of suicide bombing vests.