Why War In Iraq was a good idea

The following is from a post I made in a forum discussion about Karl Rove's statement that went way out of control (the forum not the statement);

War sucks. I acknowlege that. But I do support the War on Terror, and I think it was neccessary to protect our nation and show those that wish to hurt us that we won't "go quietly into the night." But it seems to me like most of the american public that doesn't support the Iraq War doesn't support it for the wrong reasons. Alot of people are always saying "Osama isn't in Iraq, so why are we fighting there?" Granted, this isn't one of the main objections, I realise that, there are some other legitimate concerns, I just think the No Osama In Iraq line is a poor excuse.

I supporte the war on terror, and I supported going into Iraq, not as a part of the war on terror, but as a way to dispose of an evil tyrant that kills his own people outright (don't try to compare Bush to this, that is just the bad comparison making people are crying about in this whole discussion). Saddam was an evil man, who we (the american government) has been trying to get rid of for decades. DemoCrappy president, RepubliCant president, it doesn't matter, they all tried it in some way, none so blatant as Bush's action though. GWB was the only one who had the balls to say "Thats enough Mr. Hussein, I'm tired of your crap, I'm coming in to get you!" And that is what I totally support. I do not believe how so many of you can look at Iraq and say "There is nothing wrong there, why should we intervene?" and then decry our soldiers dying to protect others. You have to be completely blind to what was going on in Iraq to think that way.

It is inherently american to only think about ourselves. We see our own people dying and we bitch and moan and ask for something to be done, but when we see people from another country being slaughtered we turn our heads and refuse to acknowledge it. It happened in Rwanda, it happened in Iraq for many years, and it happens everyday all over the world in places we never hear about why? because the AMERICAN PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT so 'they' don't tell us. As I said, I don't like war, but I think as one of the most powerful nations in the world we have a DUTY to defend the weak and protect the innocent, in our country and all over the world. It's a big step, and I realise it may also be almost impossible, but someone has to do it because the UN Peacekeepers can't do it.

All that being said, I don't like how the war in Iraq ended up going and I blame that on poor management, but I still support the decission and the resolve Bush showed in the matter.