Do you have a hole in your memory, or did you completely forget the attacks on Afghanistan? We didn't attack Iraq until much later; 9/11 was not peddled as the primary justification for war. Bush and Blair are on the hotplate for their statements regarding WMD's, not 9/11.
(Yes, a great many of the ignorant American people blamed Iraq for 9/11, and you would be right to critique the president for not stopping and perhaps even helping that perception. But you can bet the administration doesn't make these decisions based on American sentiment, and you can bet the Congress is smarter than Joe American.)
The fact that Saddam attempted to assassinate a former US president does help to underscore our foreign policy; calling it a family grudge isn't fair.
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on 2004-03-25 07:14 am (UTC)(Yes, a great many of the ignorant American people blamed Iraq for 9/11, and you would be right to critique the president for not stopping and perhaps even helping that perception. But you can bet the administration doesn't make these decisions based on American sentiment, and you can bet the Congress is smarter than Joe American.)
The fact that Saddam attempted to assassinate a former US president does help to underscore our foreign policy; calling it a family grudge isn't fair.
-Adam