Iraq as a nation is a loose collection of tribes some that have been there since before civilization as we view it existed. Some if not most of these tribes have been terrorized by Saddam or his followers but that alone is not enough to justify war. Saddam has spread terror by giving the families of suicide bombers 25,000 USD to live on, this makes the suicide bombers more valuable dead than alive. Giving money to the families of suicide bombers is not enough to justify war. Saddam has ordered the execution of many Iraqis for opposing him, and that alone can not justify war. He has gassed Kurdish populations to test the effectivness of his poison gasses and again that alone is not enough to cause a war.

However the aggragate of all his actions is enough to cause a war, not to enslave or to kill Iraqi people, but to free them from the terror that Saddam has caused. I don't like war or even the thought of it. I and many of my friends served in Viet Nam, another unpopular war. As a matter of fact is was more unpopular among us than anyone else, we had more to lose. I don't want to send anyone to war, but sometimes a preemptive strike is necessary to prevent a more serious war.