Recently Janet Parshall–whose commitment to the Republican Party seems to overshadow her commitment to Scriptures– brought on a young lady who fled the tyranny of Saddam to the US to bathe in the splendor of the American Dream. Parshall without hesitation used that emotional scenario to propagate the oft repeated argument: The World is better off without Saddam, therefore Bush was correct to invade Iraq. This unfortunate argument (also used by radio stars like Sean Hannity) is not only misleading, but harmful. This reminds us again that when you repeat something long enough you are undoubtedly going to take some with you. This line of thinking has been so abused that those who are avowed Bush supporters have forgotten the original reason for the invasion: WMD’s. Remember those? But of course, once that theory was abolished, something had to replace it. Hence, the world is better off without Saddam. As I have stated elsewhere, Saddam needs to be judged quickly and put to death quickly, but to invade a nation on false pretense is unbiblical and unconstitutional. The US has no right or authority to police the world and take down dictators at her own pleasure. The emotional argument of a young teen will not replace the ethical and moral responsibilities of a nation. Perhaps taking down our own “dictators” will be a more responsible task.
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