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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup
If they didn't shoot him, then the analogy isn't quite apt.
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How is it not suitable?
"I've committed a violent crime. A home invasion robbery."
Saddam invaded Kuwait.
"The police extracted me and slapped my hand and put me on probation."
Coalition forces kicked him and sent him back to Iraq with sanctions and a cease fire agreement.
"I repeatedly violate my probation."
How many times did Saddam violate conditions of the cease fire?
"A tipster tells them I have a bomb and hostages in my house."
How many intelligence services were telling us he had WMD?
"I won't let them in to check it out so they break down the door."
He is supposed to let us in, no questions asked, as a condition for the cease fire. He doesn't, so we invade.
He didn't die, so not being shot actually makes it a better analogy.