continuing war lies.

Former Member · February 2004

Originally posted by Makaveli UK
Pigs might fly.

A one sentence wonder. Reminds me of the good old days...

Ahhh Monocrat.

Former Member · February 2004

Originally posted by BeckyBoo

.....yeah continue but by god you lot had better do what I said

gggrrrrrr!!

Former Member · February 2004

Here is a comprehensive history of Iraq's political changes. I suspect if you read it with a mind as to the turbulent nature of Iraqi society you might agree that our leaders have demonstrated an utter lack of comprehension of what they have entrenched us in.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/12/iraq-031215-rferl-154556.htm

Although, no history of Saddam's rise itself is complete without doing some checking into our involvement...

http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_1227.shtml

Former Member · February 2004

Originally posted by J
Either way lives have been saved, maybe slightly fewer if WMD were not there, but still we have prevented needless deaths either way.

err we have created thousands of deaths J. not to mention caused thousands of disabilities and disfigurements. not to mention turned their markets and vast shopping centres etc into very dangerous and insecure bloodbaths. tyhe people are suffering terrorism in their streets!
we have created mass unemployment ...elictric and water services destroyed. we have dumped depleted uranium all over the country. war is peace?

Former Member · February 2004

That of course depends upon the yardstick by which you seek to measure such claimed "atrocities".

If measured according the standard by which our own military regularly allows itself to be judged, then a significant percentage of deaths under Saddam's regime can be dismissed as "collateral damage" during war. A war, one should add, which was urged for and fought to further US interests and to retaliate on Iran for ousting Washington's preferred despotic butcher, The Shah.

This of course leaves out the as yet unscrutinised claims (ignored by the corporate media) concenring the "gassing" of halabja itself which point out that at the time Saddam's arsenal did not include blood agents but that Iran's did and that Halabja was a pivotal foothold for Iranian incursions into Iraq.

Notwithstanding the transparent brutality of Saddam's regime, one must put matters into their indigenousl context if the intent is to obtain a clear picture rather than one which is coloured by cultural relativism.

What we have here is Dubyah's own version of his daddy's previous house-cleaning exercise (the invasion of Panama and the ousting of Noriega before he could espose Bush Sr.'s own direct involvement whilst CIA director in his rise to power and his subsequent criminality and brutality).

continuing war lies.

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