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Originally Posted by Lillith But for a start I would not have gone over the authority of the UN. He just couldn't wait to get his bombs in there. |
All things considered, I don't blame him.
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Originally Posted by Lillith He "fibbed somewhat"? Holy hell, that's a gross understatement and one that has as a result cost the lives of innocent children. You're awfully blazé about it I must say. |
I'm not excusing him. He could have gave the real reason for going in and still had public support, and he'd have it now too instead of taking the heat for lying. I don't know why he lied about it, maybe he figured as a politician he had a reputation to uphold.
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Originally Posted by Lillith Saddam tried to "take over a piece of the world" with the backing of the USA. But then it was ok I suppose. And there are currently still occuring eslewhere in the world "land disputes" which are in effect "taking over a piece" of someone's world. (Read Isreal and Palestine, India and Pakistan) |
You'll get no argument from me.
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Originally Posted by Lillith Considering what circumstances exactly? |
The ones in my first post.
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Originally Posted by Lillith How can you discipline a whole country for something it did more than ten years ago? Oh because he (Bush JR) wasn't around back then?! So when a child does something naughty but you weren't there to witness it you end up punishing him for breaking a glass 10 years later? Yes that makes perfect sense. |
Saddam wasn't a child 10 years ago.
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Originally Posted by Lillith Your reference to profit in regards to my statement about Mugabe seems not only cold and inhumane but lacking in basic knowledge as to the circumstances currently going on in that country. |
Don't ask questions if you're not prepared to hear the answer.
...and did I say it was the way things should be?
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Originally Posted by Lillith We are all "guilty" of allowing the world to be destroyed. We have no respect or value for the sanctity of life, we don't care about our enviroment, we don't care about animals, and we certainly don't care about our fellow human beings. For if we did we could never condone the Iraqi war. No matter what... |
If we did, then Saddam would never have gotten into power.
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Originally Posted by Lillith Unless Saddam had declared war on the world, unless he had his finger on the proverbial trigger, I see no just cause for going in and killing people at random, and then have the audacity to think the public morons by using the stupid excuses he did. |
In a way he did have his finger on the trigger (at least we thought he did, and for good reason.)
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Originally Posted by Lillith Blame Iraqi people for what happened to them? Blame them for Bush and Blair? That's the most insane thing I've read yet. |
Saddam was an Iraqi, the seinor members of his party were Iraqi (mostly, I assume), the members that served under them were Iraqi....where do you draw the line?