Originally posted by JoseDominguez
While we diss each other, Frenchmen go unpunished.
Ive admitted ive felt duped by the numbers the government threw out..But it still doesnt explain why scientists couldnt be interviewed privately or full and acurate reports werent given if they did DESTROY what they had pre 91..And Saddam played a dangerous game and lost..Kicking inspectors out never really looks good when your trying to disarm and only letting them back in when pressure is shoved down your throat..Originally posted by crom-dubh
Was it because of Saddams supposed stockpiles of WMD's which they cannot find?
I dont think anyone thought terrorism would stop after the war of Iraq was over..But the US troops in Saudi Arabia are leaving,no longer having to protect them from an Iraqi invasion taking away one of the main points of Osamas crusade about infidels in the holy land..And terrorism wont stop till radical clerics with full support from thier governmnets are put out of business..To be able toOriginally posted by crom-dubh
Or to stop terrorism even though there has been quite a few since the end of the war?
The same rallies in some of the most uneducated parts of Iraq with all those beautiful signs in perfect ENGLISH..Nah,outside interests have no hand in thoseOriginally posted by crom-dubh
Or is it to free a repressed people even though the Iraqis are violently demonstating on the streets about the american take over?
No..That was 1 point to refute what you said about terrorism..Al Qaeda's first main purpose was to drive American military presence from Saudi Arabia,Iraq,and last the Palestinian people..Are you saying when the military is gone that our countries wont have to worry about fanatical terrorists anymore??Like I said..Go look up Wahabii..Read whats its all about..This is the state sponsored religion of Saudi Arabia..Starting to see the problem yet??Originally posted by crom-dubh
Ok so what you are saying is that the US government is NOW saying that the main reason for going to war was to facilitate the withdrawal of US troops from Saudi?
And thats a very good reason..Ill be the first to admit we were all sold on the WMD's..But theres a much bigger picture here and one that alot of you are missing..Originally posted by crom-dubh
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is now saying that though. In an interview with Vanity fair he is quoted saying that the main reason was not the WMD's but to stabilize the middle east by removing most of the 5000 US troops from saudi.
This has been a problem for years and one that seriously needs to be addressed..As they unearth them there igniting..Scary stuff indeed..Originally posted by crom-dubh
It also must be a little embarrasing for the US government when over 2000 tons of chemical and biological matter was unearthed in Maryland with absolutly no documentation to go with it. Maybe they will claim that in a clever ploy Saddam managed to move all of his chemical and biological stockpiles to the US and thats why there isnt any evidence of it in Iraq.