What changed was 12 years of Saddams Bull Shit games.
Why do you even care? none of your business in the first place...
It became our business when several different countries in the area asked us for military assistance because of Saddam. Or do you forget we were asked to be there.........
Did you forget we told Iraq "we don't get involved in arab on arab conflicts, encouraging him to invade Kuwait.
Stop defending criminals like Ollie North and Rumsfeld. Stupid. You're like people who defend OJ.