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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
Quite to the contrary, in my opinion we should have contained Saddam's Iraqi government within the terms of the UN Ceasefire. Continued the no fly zone enforcement and the embargo.
As long as Saddam stayed in power we should have contained that government regardless of human cost.
Instead, the US conducted an illegal invasion based on false evidence. Iraq had little if nothing to do with the events of 9/11 and our (the US) incursion resulted in large amounts of death on all sides ? apparently for little. More Americans died in Iraq than in the 9/11 attacks. What possible explanation is there to offer to the families of all that died on all sides? There is none but rhetoric and excuses.
Dead is dead.
It was not the place of a US led invasion to overturn a sovereign government ? even one of a harsh dictator. If the Iraqi people lacked the necessary fortitude to overturn their taskmaster ? they deserved what they got... |
We "contained" Iraq for how long? We call Clinton a damn pussy for his failure to act but the truth is during the entire Clinton term we were bombing Iraq?
Illegal invasion? Let me spell it out to you. You fire on a US warplane, it's an act of war. Period. We patrolled a UN enforce no fly zone, agreed upon by Iraq, and they fired on us. Daily. No illegal invasion. They fired at us, daily, for years, we invaded. That's how wars fucking work.