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Was the war on Iraq justified?

The United States could not have stood idly by while the proletariats suffered under the vindictive Iraqi regime. The coalition’s invasion of Iraq was justified. Iraq brings suffering upon its own people. Hundreds of thousands died unnatural deaths as an outcome of Saddam’s actions. Many of these were Shi’a Muslims. Although they represent the majority of the population they are banned from practicing many of the pillars of their religion. (Life Under Saddam Hussein) The brutal oppression of the Iraqi regime has triggered sporadic uprisings with gruesome results. Saddam Hussein’s government also posed a threat the free world. Iraq’s system of government engendered the terrorist groups that continuously threatened American lives. As Benjamin Netanyahu says

“from its inception totalitarianism has always been wedded to terrorism--from Lenin to Stalin to Hitler to the ayatollahs to Saddam Hussein, right down to Osama bin Laden and Yasser Arafat.”
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