Reply #34: Just because Bush hated him doesn't mean Saddam was a good guy

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The need was felt to keep pressure up on him, and the bombings only occured when US planes were targeted by Iraqi radar. Saddam was not a good man, and the US should have pursued regime change, but from within by lifting sanctions and encouraging opposition candidates to rise up rahter than blowing through without allies and forcing change from without that only created resentment.