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Originally Posted by Rochard
And your point is?
We helped the Brits and other countries have nuclear bombs, but if they start dropping them on their own citizens that's another matter entirely.
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well you share responsibility for what happened...you willfully gave him WMD to fight your battles...
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Originally Posted by Rochard
This is not true really. The US did not "give him permission" to attack a foreign country. The US was aware of troop movements near the Kuwait border, but not their intentions. The US had no reason to believe they were about to invade the country and rape it's citizens.
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yes you did:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Kuwait
On 25 July 1990, the U.S. Ambassador in Iraq, April Glaspie, asked the Iraqi high command to explain the military preparations in progress, including the massing of Iraqi troops near the border.
The American ambassador declared to her Iraqi interlocutor that Washington, ?inspired by the friendship and not by confrontation, does not have an opinion? on the disagreement between Kuwait and Iraq, stating "we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts."
She also let Saddam Hussein know that the U.S. did not intend "to start an economic war against Iraq". These statements may have caused Saddam to believe he had received a diplomatic green light from the United States to invade Kuwait.
and you knew...you have been supporting him invade for over a decade then...you saw him pile 100.000-s of troops and heard him threaten and your answer was:
"we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts."
She also let Saddam Hussein know that the U.S. did not intend
"to start an economic war against Iraq".
can you see the green light before the backstabbing?
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Originally Posted by Rochard
Yep. We sure did. And it was brutal. I mean, it was embarrassing for Iraq and it's military.
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yup you and kuwait supported your best boy saddam to fight your fight, then when it was over you basically shafted him...a good lesson to all your future allies about what they can expect from you...good move
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Originally Posted by Rochard
This is not true and there is no double standard here. Countries have the legal right to bring their ships - and planes - within a certain distance of another country. This happens on a daily basis - For example, Russian ships docking in Cuba. Not a thing we can do about it. Not a thing anyone can do about this at all. No double standard; We do it to other countries and they do it to us.
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o come on LOL...so russians come as close as CUBA !!!! how tolerant of you
come on man you fucking sanctioned cuba for decades over the same fucking thing you are doing to north korea...you impoverished an entire country because the russians wanted to (quote Rochard):
"Countries have the legal right to bring their ships - and planes - within a certain distance of another country. "
come on man...fess up eh? theres a huge double standard...
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Originally Posted by Rochard
I'm not sure what you mean here... During the 1980s we helped Afghanistan beat back the Russians and then.... They allowed 9/11 to happen? We helped them and then they turned around and fucked us in the ass?
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yes you made him do an "avghanistan" right in his back yard and then you turned your back on your financially worn out ally...dude you were allies
its not like he picked the #1 military in the world as his enemy for nothing LOL
you fucked him over and you know it...now you control all the oil...sure its a coincidence