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Jeff Danziger

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  1. Chillbilly

    Chillbilly said, 10 months ago

    “We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.” – (Vice) President Dick Cheney

  2. SaltWaterCroc

    SaltWaterCroc said, 10 months ago

    All so GWB could play at war.

  3. capndunzzl

    capndunzzl said, 10 months ago

    …so Saddam and George W. are spelled the same.

  4. Wabbit

    Wabbit said, 10 months ago

    No. We don’t. Not sure about the dead people.

  5. Simon_Jester

    Simon_Jester said, 10 months ago

    @Chillbilly

    …and if you liked Iraq, you’ll LOVE Iran.

  6. Justice22

    Justice22 said, 10 months ago

    I may be wrong, but I believe Mr. Danziger is referring to the relative calm and progressive Iraq that existed before the Gulf wars. Women had more rights than in most Muslim countries today, Christianity was accepted by most, the citizens had 24 hour electricity and utilities. It was quite hospitable to foreigners. There were no terrorists beside Sadaam and his family. HW’s ambassador with the remark that we had no interest in Kuwait started the whole thing.

  7. Michael wme

    Michael wme said, 10 months ago

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    http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/08/02/who-will-be-the-next-april-glaspie/

  8. Michael wme

    Michael wme said, 10 months ago

    @Chillbilly

    The US WERE greeted as liberators. For about 15 minutes. Then the US Viceroy L. Paul Bremer announced that every employed Iraqi was fired, since every employed Iraqi was presumed to have gotten his job because he supported Saddam. Creating a group of millions of armed men with nothing better to do than try to evict the invaders dressed up as liberators.


    Those suspected of opposing the invasion were rounded up, and subjected to ‘enhanced interrogation’ (it’s illegal under US law to call electrodes to the genitals or attacks by guard dogs or anything else ‘torture’ if it is authorised by the US President).


    Had the the Viceroy been a MacArthur instead of a Brenner, Iraq would now be a peaceful, democratic, strong, prosperous rabidly pro-US ally. But MacArthur was dead, so that didn’t happen. Instead, the Friends of the Bush Jr administration got trillions, and the US got more enemies..

  9. pirate227

    pirate227 said, 10 months ago

    Just like Dubya, NO!

  10. dtroutma

    dtroutma said, 10 months ago

    Simple fact is, bad as he was for some, pre-GHW’s war, and failure to support Shia in the south, the majority of Iraqis WERE “better off”. When we screwed up in 91, it started the REAL oppression, like draining the wetlands in the south, and other “actions”. It wasn’t JUST “W” trying to get even for a proposed “hit” on the old man. But the Cheney/Rumsfeld policies idiot Bremmer implemented certainly didn’t help either.

  11. Rymlianin

    Rymlianin said, 10 months ago

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    U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie, in fact used those very words to Saddam, thereby o.k.ing the Iraqi invasion.

  12. onguard

    onguard said, 10 months ago

    @Rymlianin

    I am very aware of that comment. It was never proven that the comment led to war.

  13. onguard

    onguard said, 10 months ago

    @Michael wme

    The link is opinion. Yours and his has no basis in Reality.

  14. vtcwvet

    vtcwvet said, 10 months ago

    Onguard:

    Thank God I Don’t live in your reality. I prefer the real world

  15. STLDan

    STLDan said, 10 months ago

    @Justice22

    You sort of left out gassing his own people with chemical weapons, fighting a 10 year war with Iran, secret police grabbing folks and torturing them..yes sounds like the peaceful utopia you just described. Are you really that foolish?

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