IndyBeerman
Was a real life Beerman.....
After 911, security came to the forefront. You had a dictator in power who had taken active steps to aid terrorists around the world. He had an infrastructure that could provide very valuable aid to any terrorist organization. As far as we could tell, he had some pretty dangerous technology, including possibly biological weapons and a nuclear program which we had so far been unable to determine just how advanced it was, mainly because he had been actively attempting to deceive the inspection program he agreed to in order for us to halt the invasion of Iraq.
No way we could have responsibly left him in power. It's not about punishment for 911, it's about doing what you can to prevent a future 911 or worse.
BTW, I think the invasion of Iraq is the single largest reason we haven't had another major attack.
What everyone forgets about Gaddafi is that after the invasion of Iraq he opened communications with the U.S. and voluntarily ended his own nuclear program.
Personally, I am convinced that without the invasion of Iraq, we would have already had more major attacks on our soil instead of just the several individual attacks we've had.
That's why.
Ding Ding Ding!!!
I think we have a winner here!