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Saddam was not only a ruthless dictator who made other ruthless dictators seem like liberals and softys in comparison . He was also one who had used WMDs against his own citizens and was very close to nuclear weapons before the first gulf war. He was also a serial aggressor who made no secret of his desire and intention to conquer not only the gulf but the mideast as well.

Because of Iraq's geographic location there was the temptation and the chance to become much more powerful. Saddam knew it too.

Saddams' Iraq was a different case.

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Speaking of a waste of money....guess who is cashing in on some of the US rebuilding money?

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/19232.html

BAGHDAD � Iraq's deadly insurgent groups have financed their war against U.S. troops in part with hundreds of thousands of dollars in U.S. rebuilding funds that they've extorted from Iraqi contractors in Anbar province.

The payments, in return for the insurgents' allowing supplies to move and construction work to begin, have taken place since the earliest projects in 2003, Iraqi contractors, politicians and interpreters involved with reconstruction efforts said.