The country is worse than ever Iraq was. The ruler is an out and out criminal, possibly with nuclear capability. The country has committed crimes against other countries and their people. The perfect target except that it doesn't have anything the corporations want.
Yeah, OK, but don't believe everything McConnel says--remember the source. This is just pumping the fear into the Sheeple so they can justify huge defense budgets and CIA "discretionary" funding...same old, same old.