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Lady Whitewolf 2011/08/14 14:27:22
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The Reasons why we went to war in Iraq in 2003 were:
1. We had a CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT with Iraq. On paper we were still technically at War.
2. Saddam would violate the No Fly Zone Treaty on an almost DAILY basis. These were aggresive MILITARY actions that would spark a war in any other circumstance.That alone is more than enough to go to war in Iraq.
3. Saddam had a history of using WMDs and had the will and the money and possibly the material to make WMDS.
4. Saddam was a state sponsor of Terrorist groups. He wasn't connected with Al Queda. But he openly supported Hamas. He compensated suicide bombers families in exchange for martyrdom
5. His human rights record. We went into Somalia and Bosnia for less! So I guess Bosnian lives are worth more than Iraqi ones.
6. Iraq was a problem waiting to happen. If you think Saddam was bad just wait 5 years or so when Uday and Qusay would be running Iraq. The situation there would only get worse it was nipping a problem in the bud.
7. It was unfinished business from the 1991 Gulf War.
It took Japan and Germany 12 years to get back on their feet after WW2. And those were developed nations. So of course a developing nation like Iraq is going to be difficult and costly to...
The Reasons why we went to war in Iraq in 2003 were:
1. We had a CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT with Iraq. On paper we were still technically at War.
2. Saddam would violate the No Fly Zone Treaty on an almost DAILY basis. These were aggresive MILITARY actions that would spark a war in any other circumstance.That alone is more than enough to go to war in Iraq.
3. Saddam had a history of using WMDs and had the will and the money and possibly the material to make WMDS.
4. Saddam was a state sponsor of Terrorist groups. He wasn't connected with Al Queda. But he openly supported Hamas. He compensated suicide bombers families in exchange for martyrdom
5. His human rights record. We went into Somalia and Bosnia for less! So I guess Bosnian lives are worth more than Iraqi ones.
6. Iraq was a problem waiting to happen. If you think Saddam was bad just wait 5 years or so when Uday and Qusay would be running Iraq. The situation there would only get worse it was nipping a problem in the bud.
7. It was unfinished business from the 1991 Gulf War.
It took Japan and Germany 12 years to get back on their feet after WW2. And those were developed nations. So of course a developing nation like Iraq is going to be difficult and costly to rebuild. Iraq became the central front. I would rather our troops fight the terrorists in Iraq than the streets of New York. Because anyone with that hated and wanted to kill Americans could just cross the border into Iraq. Iraq was fly paper for terrorists after Saddam fell.
The same happened in Viet Nam, and as usual; We just never learn
Not only that, he conducted an illegal war against the U-boats before war was declared.
Nope, having studied it for over 25 years I have yet to find a good source that could change my mind. Most of the conspiracy 'facts' are twisted pieces of information used to make you (the reader) believe what they (the theorists) want you to.
The geocities page (the Pearl Harbor - Mother of all Conspiracies) is full of rubbish and nonsense that for anyone who hasn't studied it, might sound good, but a bit of common sense allows you to look right though it. I especially love this line: "Warnings do no harm and might do inexpressible good", ever heard cry wolf, that's exactly what was going on. Too many warnings with nothing happening diluted the effect.
The 'war with Germany' part is very laughable. In all honesty, from letters from Japanese officials in Washington and Tokyo, Japan believed Germany wanted Japan to go to war, not so Germany could declare war, but so US attention would be focused AWAY from Europe, not towards it.
I could go on and on, but the simple fact is, even dating back to the 1920s US intelligence believed the US would be in a war with Japan. It would begin with Japan declaring war and within 24 hours and attack would occur. However, the main attack was considered to be closer to Japan, not Pearl Harbor.
Yahoo answers is worse than Wikipedia for info.
http://www.associatedcontent....
Where's Code Pink? Where's Hanoi Jane? Where's Joan Baez?
WHERE'S BOB EUBANKS???
I support the troops but not the system that sent them there.
Was this war worth it??
NO!
An easy solution would be to just bomb the places and flatten it. It would be cheaper, less loss of Western live but it would be a lot of dead innocents and no Western government would do that.