09-18-2004, 02:33 PM
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Originally posted by CamChicks
It mixes footage of Iraq and Afghanistan to create the illusion that they are related; when in fact Afghanistan was ruled by a radical islamic theocracy, the Taliban, who supported Osama and were directly involved in 9/11 vs. Iraq which was rules by a secular government (who killed powerhungry clerics) and who played absolutely no role in 9/11. Osama and Saddam were ideological enemys and Osama called Saddam an infidel and wanted his regime overthrown. 9/11 was an invitation and Bush took the bait.
Saddam did not gas the Kurds because they were not of the same religion. He gassed the Kurds because the Kurds tried to start a civil war with both Iraq and Turkey claiming land they had no right to in over 1000 years. Saddam used gas because his army was busy fighting the islamic radicals in Iran for us. Do some research on the Kurds and it's hard to have sympathy for them.
What would America do if all the mexicans in texas started killing white people to claim that land back?
And now, thanks to this unprovoked attack on a sovereign arab nation, now there are hundreds of millions. A few years ago, the majority of the population in most muslim countries held a favorable view of the USA! Bush has manage to turn all those moderates against us in just a couple of years. It's Osamas dream come true. This is exactly what he was trying to accomplish.
Poll shows U.S. isolation: In war's wake, hostility and mistrust
You couldnt be more wrong. Saddam was our ally until Bush Sr destroyed that relationship. Saddam fought Iran for us, but since America no longer feared the spread of communism, he decided that relationship was no longer valuable.
Saddam consulted with the US before taking military action to settle a border dispute against Kuwait. The US told Saddam in no uncertain terms that we had no opinion on this matter or any arab-arab conflicts. Our opinion on the Kuwait dispute had been just that for 30 years. What changed our policy after Saddam acted was pressure from Saudi Arabia, whom the Bush family was very close to. If it had not been for Bush Sr, Saddam would still be our ally today; an effective obstacle to the spread of radical islam.
Frustration. Desperation. Revenge. These people feel they have been pushed so far, had their affairs meddled with by outsiders for so long, had their grievances ignored so completely, that this is the only way they can fight back. We must find a way to diffuse the hatred; and dropping bombs has the undesirable opposite effect (making more of them hate us more). If we do not acknowledge the causes of terrorism, we will never put an end to it. You cannot kill them all. It is a Hydra; for every head you cut off, more will grow. Because of Iraq the number of people who want to see dead american kids has multiplied 10 times. How can anyone believe that makes us safer?
It is ok to fight back.
Iraq did not attack us, so we are not fighting back.
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