Quote:
Originally posted by llabtaem
#1) Britain is and was an ally. What's wrong with helping a brother out? We didn't sucker punch the other guy when we probably should have. We fucked up, hence Pearl Harbor - the rest is history.
#2) Try to knock us down? Well, I guess they hit the wrong target. Before we could become a REAL THREAT? We were the threat. Think about it for a second.
#3) He may not be one per sey - but just because he has an organized version of Al Quaeda doesn't make it any better. Do you think he would have a problem helping out some fellow Muslims with similar ideas and anti West beliefs? There are many reports out there that Atta from the Twin Towers had ties to Iraq and Saddam's inner circle.
#4) Directly? Maybe not. Indirectly? Absolutely. If he could have sunk a 20 megaton ICBM into Manhattan he would have a long time ago. He preaches this anti Western crap, and people listen. Then small sects of idiots like Al Quaeda pop-up. Why? Propaganda from dickwads like Saddam.
#5) They were "Brought Back". Do you think all these troops were there when it started? What about the ones going over now? Were they there too? Read into my statements and don't take everything I hahahahaha so literally. I know there were people there before this started. Just nowhere near the number there are now.
|
#1: It has nothing to do with something being wrong with "helping a brother out". I said that the US were involved, which you just admitted yourself. Thanks.
#2: They knew the US were the threat, mainly because of it's industrial capabilities. They just made a miscalculation with regards to how the US would react to a first strike. But, once again, you only confirm the point I was making: Pearl Harbor happened *because* the US were a threat. Thanks again.
#3: Al Qaeda were not Saddam's "fellow muslims". Saddam was fiercely opposed to a theocracy, and most fundamentalists were fiercely opposed to Saddam. Saddam even fought the fundamentalists.
Also, there are many reports that Elvis is still alive as well. "Many reports" means fuck all. Give some proof, then we'll talk.
#4: Saddam almost certainly had nothing to do with 9/11, neither directly nor indirectly. Even your own government reported on that. He and the fundamentalists were basically enemies. The only reason they sometimes got along in words is that they both hated the US. Saddam, however, would never have attacked the US, because he knew his reign would end about 12 hours after the attack.
There are many types of "anti-western", and they don't all get along.
#5: 9/11 made the US even more active in the middle east, yes. Your point with that is?
Besides, it doesn't change the fact that the US were already very present, with huge loads of (military) aid to both Israel and Turkey.