Saddam Hussein has been viewed as an international threat since the end of the first Gulf War. As a condition of Iraq’s surrender, Saddam Hussein was forced to destroy all biological, chemical, and nuclear programs, and allow UN inspectors to investigate the weapons sites, however he has persistently denied weapons inspectors into places that seemed to be “concealing key information and material”(Spotlight on Iraq) about his weapons programs. He had finally refused the inspectors in 1998, a direct violation of the United Nations demands. The UN than placed Iraq under sanctions, while successfu

l at first, the sanctions were “killing about 36,000 Iraqis a year, 24,000 of them children under the age of 5.” (Friedman) This killed more Iraqis in a month than one week of war did. As a result of Saddam’s defiantness President Clinton identified Saddam as a threat to both American and world security, an official in the Clinton administration said, “Washington already believes it has all the authority it needs to launch military action in Iraq.”(Strobel) When discussing the military options in Iraq, President Clinton said, “Military bombing could remove Saddam’s chemical, biological and nuclear weapons”, which hints that he had strong intelligence that Iraq had a cache of banned weapons.

Saddam has presented a threat to American security for more than a decade. His defiant and at times hostile actions identify him as a threat. While weapons of mass destruction may or may not be found, the threat he represented, and his inhumane treatment of his people justify the war. By the time Iraq is fully reconstructed, people will not be asking, “Why did we do this?”, but “Why didn’t we do this sooner?”

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