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Too many tragedies around the world, Syria isn’t the only one. The U.N. HAS done some good over the years, despite the screwups on occasion. “Peacekeeping” is a LOT tougher than war making. Errors can be made there as well. It’s kinda’ like invading a country that doesn’t actually have WMDs any more.
It’s only 60,000 people so far. Saddam killed half that in a single day with the WMDs he never had. You wouldn’t want to force those people being killed to live in a free democratic state they don’t want and aren’t ready for, after all. They actually prefer slaughter and mayhem, I’m told.
“Those were different WMDs, the ones we sold him.” ♦ I’m having difficulty finding anything to support your allegation that we sold Sadam WMDs. Also. I would have thought that the press would have drawn and quartered the President (Clinton?) over our doing something like that. Could you direct me to any articles about your allegation?
That’s for ALL the Rethuglican FAUX Noise listening, nonthinking reactionaries who believe all the pablum spoon-fed them by Rush, and Billow, and the rest who automatically assume that ALL Republicans are Saints, and ALL Democrats are evil incarnate! Crowbar this into your craniums; Reagan, his protege Poppy Bush, and the shrub did more damage to this country on the world stage then EVERY other president, Republican or Democrat, or Federalist, or Whig, or WHATEVER since 1785!
Of course, I can’t really blame the boy blunder, since he was just following the orders he was given by Darth Cheney, and Rummy, the true “Presidents” from 2000-2008!
Iraq had poison gas which we sold/gave to them, supposedly to use against Iran during the Iran/Iraq war. I think it was during Ronnie Raygun’s administration. After the Gulf War, we let Iraq keep attack helicopters and much of the munitions we had given them earier. Sadam then used the poison gas to kill Kurds. Iraqis used much of the explosives that we had given them to later make improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used to kill and maim our soldiers after the U.S. invasion. This stuff has all been in the mainstream news over the years and should not be the least controversial unless you use faux news as your only source of information.
“I’m having difficulty finding anything to support your allegation that we sold Sadam WMDs.” Where have you been looking, faux news? You must be quite young not to know that when Iran and Iraq were fighting a war, the U.S. was on Iraq’s side and gave/sold the Iraqis lots of stuff, including nerve gas. It’s not an “allegation”, it’s history.
And the really fun part is that these distracting questions have to be answered every time a post is made. It’s like Drew Barrymore in ‘50 First Dates’. In the morning, they forget everything that they’ve learned. I mean, read.
No, eepatt, I am not quite young and I don’t watch Fox News and “everybody knows that, etc.” doesn’t fly with me. I say allegation because after ten minutes of searching I could find no verification of us having dealings with Iraq on WMDs. I was curious about the allegation and wanted to verify it myself before I got mad at whomever was involved with Iraq and WMDs. ♦ By your paragraph and sentence structure in a previous post, “….keep attack helicopters and much of the munitions we had given them earier. Sadam then used the poison gas to kill Kurds.”, strongly insinuates that we left poison gas behind in southern Iraq when we withdrew to Kuwait. This is not possible since the attack on Halabja occurred on March 16, 1988. Whether or not you meant that insinuation or not, your timeline is incorrect since this massacre occurred before the U. S. Gulf War. ♦ And lastly, you have not helped me either to find out if I should be mad at someone.
Plus, you could browse "Stormin’ Norman Schwarzkopf’’s autobiography…I recall he said his chief regret concerning the surrender was that he allowed Iraq to use our helicopters to deliver food and humanitarian aid the the beat up nation, and Saddam turned right around and used them to deliver poison gas to those who opposed him instead.
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dtroutma
said, 5 months ago
Too many tragedies around the world, Syria isn’t the only one. The U.N. HAS done some good over the years, despite the screwups on occasion. “Peacekeeping” is a LOT tougher than war making. Errors can be made there as well. It’s kinda’ like invading a country that doesn’t actually have WMDs any more.
BrassOrchid
said, 5 months ago
It’s only 60,000 people so far. Saddam killed half that in a single day with the WMDs he never had. You wouldn’t want to force those people being killed to live in a free democratic state they don’t want and aren’t ready for, after all. They actually prefer slaughter and mayhem, I’m told.
Pharmakeus Ubik said, 5 months ago
@BrassOrchid
Those were different WMDs, the ones we sold him.
mikefive said, 5 months ago
@Pharmakeus Ubik
“Those were different WMDs, the ones we sold him.”
♦
I’m having difficulty finding anything to support your allegation that we sold Sadam WMDs. Also. I would have thought that the press would have drawn and quartered the President (Clinton?) over our doing something like that. Could you direct me to any articles about your allegation?
Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago
@Pharmakeus Ubik
Like a high school chemistry teacher couldn’t make nerve gas. Ever hear of Chemical Ali? It wasn’t O’s brother.
Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago
@mikefive
He can’t prove such a lie. But he can sure say it: ‘the ones we sold him’.
Was that during Carter or Clinton?
masterskrain said, 5 months ago
@Ms. Ima
Or Poppy Bush, or the shrub?
masterskrain said, 5 months ago
@
That’s for ALL the Rethuglican FAUX Noise listening, nonthinking reactionaries who believe all the pablum spoon-fed them by Rush, and Billow, and the rest who automatically assume that ALL Republicans are Saints, and ALL Democrats are evil incarnate!
Crowbar this into your craniums; Reagan, his protege Poppy Bush, and the shrub did more damage to this country on the world stage then EVERY other president, Republican or Democrat, or Federalist, or Whig, or WHATEVER since 1785!
masterskrain said, 5 months ago
@
Of course, I can’t really blame the boy blunder, since he was just following the orders he was given by Darth Cheney, and Rummy, the true “Presidents” from 2000-2008!
eepatt said, 5 months ago
Iraq had poison gas which we sold/gave to them, supposedly to use against Iran during the Iran/Iraq war. I think it was during Ronnie Raygun’s administration. After the Gulf War, we let Iraq keep attack helicopters and much of the munitions we had given them earier. Sadam then used the poison gas to kill Kurds. Iraqis used much of the explosives that we had given them to later make improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used to kill and maim our soldiers after the U.S. invasion. This stuff has all been in the mainstream news over the years and should not be the least controversial unless you use faux news as your only source of information.
eepatt said, 5 months ago
@mikefive
“I’m having difficulty finding anything to support your allegation that we sold Sadam WMDs.”
Where have you been looking, faux news? You must be quite young not to know that when Iran and Iraq were fighting a war, the U.S. was on Iraq’s side and gave/sold the Iraqis lots of stuff, including nerve gas. It’s not an “allegation”, it’s history.
ossiningaling said, 5 months ago
@eepatt
And the really fun part is that these distracting questions have to be answered every time a post is made.
It’s like Drew Barrymore in ‘50 First Dates’. In the morning, they forget everything that they’ve learned. I mean, read.
mikefive said, 5 months ago
@eepatt
No, eepatt, I am not quite young and I don’t watch Fox News and “everybody knows that, etc.” doesn’t fly with me. I say allegation because after ten minutes of searching I could find no verification of us having dealings with Iraq on WMDs. I was curious about the allegation and wanted to verify it myself before I got mad at whomever was involved with Iraq and WMDs.
♦
By your paragraph and sentence structure in a previous post, “….keep attack helicopters and much of the munitions we had given them earier. Sadam then used the poison gas to kill Kurds.”, strongly insinuates that we left poison gas behind in southern Iraq when we withdrew to Kuwait. This is not possible since the attack on Halabja occurred on March 16, 1988. Whether or not you meant that insinuation or not, your timeline is incorrect since this massacre occurred before the U. S. Gulf War.
♦
And lastly, you have not helped me either to find out if I should be mad at someone.
DrCanuck said, 5 months ago
@mikefive
Here ya go, Mike:
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/
zekedog55
said, 5 months ago
@mikefive
Plus, you could browse "Stormin’ Norman Schwarzkopf’’s autobiography…I recall he said his chief regret concerning the surrender was that he allowed Iraq to use our helicopters to deliver food and humanitarian aid the the beat up nation, and Saddam turned right around and used them to deliver poison gas to those who opposed him instead.