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who was a bigger threat to National Security, GW Bush or Saddam Hussein? (Original Post) reddread May 2015 OP
Oh me, please call on me, me me, please, I know, please call on me! randys1 May 2015 #1
Saddam was no threat to national security AgingAmerican May 2015 #2
Saddam was a threat to Iraq's national security PersonNumber503602 May 2015 #3
But not ours AgingAmerican May 2015 #10
Exactly!... TeeYiYi May 2015 #15
Considering GW Bush and crew ignored warnings from the outgoing Clinton administration. Rex May 2015 #4
We should've had more boots on the ground in FL... Cooley Hurd May 2015 #5
I disagree reddread May 2015 #6
The only people to whom Saddam was a threat hifiguy May 2015 #7
I'd say Bush due to his willingness to be a puppet of the Saudis HereSince1628 May 2015 #8
gw samsingh May 2015 #9
The BFEE is the root of most modern day evils. blm May 2015 #11
Ummmmm......Presidential Daily Briefing: "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US." WinkyDink May 2015 #12
THIS ^^^^^^^ calimary May 2015 #13
Topple his statue... TeeYiYi May 2015 #14
GWB, no question. Blue_In_AK May 2015 #16
 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
4. Considering GW Bush and crew ignored warnings from the outgoing Clinton administration.
Fri May 8, 2015, 05:19 PM
May 2015

And the FACT that we had Iraq contained for decades...should be an easy question to answer.

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
5. We should've had more boots on the ground in FL...
Fri May 8, 2015, 05:20 PM
May 2015

...in 2k. I watched on TV, but sat home in NY. The biggest regret of my adult life.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
7. The only people to whom Saddam was a threat
Fri May 8, 2015, 05:29 PM
May 2015

were those he ruled over. His army was shattered by the Gulf War, and not that great even then. The Iraqis and Iranians fought a very nasty war for eight years or so, which left the Iraqi army in a shambles.

Monkeyman was a threat to the well-being of everybody in the freaking world. He should have been given a banana and a tire swing.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
8. I'd say Bush due to his willingness to be a puppet of the Saudis
Fri May 8, 2015, 05:40 PM
May 2015

People really want to believe the Saudis are the moderate good guys in the ME...but it ain't really so.

blm

(113,065 posts)
11. The BFEE is the root of most modern day evils.
Fri May 8, 2015, 07:00 PM
May 2015

Bush Family Evil Empire. Goes back generations. The corporate media has been trained to look the other way.

TeeYiYi

(8,028 posts)
14. Topple his statue...
Fri May 8, 2015, 08:08 PM
May 2015

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