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Originally posted by piker
I don't buy into the left wing agenda that we were lied to
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Here is proof that we were lied to,
that any sane person will accept.
http://www.bi30archive.org/extras/Po..._no_threat.asx
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Originally posted by piker
Saddam, had terrorist ties...
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Osama hated Saddam. They are ideological enemys. Osama gave press interviews in which he called Saddam an "infidel" and a "bad muslim" and called for him to be overthrown. Saddam was secular. Osama cannot stand a secular government in the 'holy lands'. he hated Saddam almost as much as he hates Israel and America. Before the Kuwait incident, Saddam was a US ally. Saddam embraced US culture. Saddam waged war on Iran for fucks sake! Saddam was an enemy of Islam. Why is that so hard for the average american to understand
still. He spent his whole life fighting the same groups we're fighting now. Yes, he was brutal, but "the enemy of your enemy is your friend." It is absurd to think that Saddam would do anything to help Al Queda. The only intelligence connecting them is a sketchy account of some meeting that was diplomatic in nature; much in the same way as we would meet with the Russians in the 80s, or maybe the North Koreans today. Sending an ambassador to find out what the other side is up to is not akin to working together.
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Originally posted by piker
and he had potential to make WMD's..
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Untrue. The world knows this now, and we also knew it before the war. See video link above.
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Originally posted by piker
not to mention our allies where starting to do business with him again..
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The only reason Saddam was demonized for attacking Kuwait was because of Bush Sr's political backstabbing. Saddam asked our permission before taking military action against Kuwait and we gave him the green light. But then Bushs Saudi buddies got upset ... and the west is history.
Need proof?
http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/glaspie.html
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U.S. Ambassador Glaspie - We have no opinion on your Arab - Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait. Secretary (of State James) Baker has directed me to emphasize the instruction, first given to Iraq in the 1960's, that the Kuwait issue is not associated with America. (Saddam smiles)
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Originally posted by piker
It is not like the left are trying to paint it.... That Saddam was a good boy.. he radically changed his beliefs and views and suddenly just wanted to run a peacefull nation...
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Saddam was always our best asset in the middle east. He wasn't bad for Iraq either. He turned a darkages islamic blackhole into a modern civilization. He built infastructure, roads and hospitals (america doesnt even have free heath care), and made literacy mandatory (you go to jail if you dont learn how to read). He advanced public education and womens rights, allowed them to work and go to school. No, Iraq was no paradise, but he built a more progressive society than the theocracies around him.
click here for a quick history lesson about who Saddam is:
http://www.ericblumrich.com/thanks.html