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Originally Posted by foreverwar

Only problem I have is that your viewpoint seems to be either/or (Saddam's in power, or, war to overthrow him).

OK, let's carry on with that logic - on this page in Wiki, there is a list of dictatorships, throughout history and in the current time. There are over 20 dictators in power at the moment - let's go get them, guys!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dictators

Omar Bongo, Gabon
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea
Jose Eduardo do Santos, Guinea-Bissau
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
Hosni Mubarak, Egypt
Paul Biya, Cameroon
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia
Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir, Sudan
Francois Bozize, Central African Republic
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Mauritania
Fidel Castro, Cuba
Bashar al-Assad, Syria
Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan
Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan
Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Maldives
.... bored now, but there's lots...

If diplomacy had failed, and war was the only way to remove them, would you protest against that action?

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Originally Posted by Chris T

In your opinion. You may say 'it's as bad as doing nothing', but that's just your opinion. The fact is, to attempt diplomacy is a deliberate action, not an absence of action.

Remind us again how many years of diplomacy there were before Saddam was forcibly removed from power? (well, I suppose he removed himself by fleeing, but you know what I mean)
Remind us again how many Iraqi's died during that period through Saddam's actions?