Confront them with the undeniable truths about Saddam Hussein:
- Saddam Hussein has made and has used Weapons of Mass Destruction. They may try and quibble with you about gassing the Kurds, what they cannot deny is that Saddam gassed the Iranians during the Iran / Iraq War.
- Saddam Hussein has been trying to make nuclear weapons for some time - he got his first nuclear reactor in the 1970's from the French, fortunately the Israelis blew it up. However I suggest everyone casts their mind back to the Gulf War, or just before it - remember the press conference Saddam called and he held up a trigger to a nuclear weapon?
- Saddam Hussein is a sponsor of terrorism. Abu Nidal wasn't just on vacation in Baghdad. Saddam Hussein overtly sponsors Palestinian terrorists to the tune of $25,000 per suicide bomber. If the leftists try and dodge on Israel's supposed "occupation", just ask if there is any justification for blowing up innocent women and children. If they try and quibble out of that, hit them by saying, "Oh so you're saying yes, then. And you are supposedly the people who care about 'the children'."
- Saddam Hussein's sons are even worse. Look up "Uday Hussein" on Google, you'll find plenty of material how he is an utter psychopath.
Now, having established these undeniable truths, they say Saddam should still stay where he is, you can always say, "Funny. Slobodan Milosevic did far, far less and I don't recall you objecting to his removal, quite the contrary. Or is it just because a war is waged by a Republican President, that you are so partisan that you cannot bring yourself to support it, no matter the rightness of the cause?"
As you can tell, I don't like leftists. Making them squirm is a hobby of mine.
Regards, Ivan
Do not separate the war against Saddam from the war on terror. They are one and the same. To Ivan's list I would add the Al Qaeda plans and materials found in the Afghanistan caves. (A search on FreeRepublic can refresh your memory) Al Qaeda has BIG plans, including biological and nuclear weapons. It would be very unwise to believe that our two worse enemies would not cooperate to defeat their common foe, the United States. Saddam has been offered a peaceful way out just as the Taliban were. The choice is his. If he has nothing to hide then he needs to abide by the agreement HE signed. If he agrees, no war. We are letting him decide. If he refuses, then we have no choice but to believe he is hiding something and make the decision for Saddam. After 9/11 it is unacceptable that we would twiddle our thumbs and wait for them to come get us again.