Iraq. Is it better now?? (AKA ISIS/ISIL/IS/name-of-the-week-here) (31 Viewers)
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Don't you know what happened to a lot of priests? And the anti-Church attitude of the Legislative Assembly? One could say they had their own type of religion in the sense that they believed all of their own bullshit, but all in all they were rather radical in throwing religion down from the top position in society.
In a way yes.
In a way yes.
No way, Jo-Zé. We certainly knew who Kurds were around the time that Moustache Master gassed the crap out of them. Long before that example became an excuse to invade.
Or, as I learned while on an AC Transit bus in West Oakland at 1am once where a drunken homeless guy threw up all over the bus floor in front of me, "Look at the curds! Look at the curds!!"
And Kyle wasn't even born yet.
Or, as I learned while on an AC Transit bus in West Oakland at 1am once where a drunken homeless guy threw up all over the bus floor in front of me, "Look at the curds! Look at the curds!!"
And Kyle wasn't even born yet.
Sadly you, Andy, and Burke don't really accurately represent the rest of America. In the 10 years I've lived here I've noticed most Americans are oblivious to what happens around the world.
Yeah.
Ok, so then what did you mean?
Of course but those were people old enough to remember. You guys have to realize something: most people outside this country, anyone ranging from the age of 11+ knows a lot about the world which most of the time just isn't true for people here. You guys have to sit in a 4th class in a European country to realize the level of world knowledge kids have there vs here.
Yeah.
Ok, so then what did you mean?
Of course but those were people old enough to remember. You guys have to realize something: most people outside this country, anyone ranging from the age of 11+ knows a lot about the world which most of the time just isn't true for people here. You guys have to sit in a 4th class in a European country to realize the level of world knowledge kids have there vs here.
You make me feel Saddam was the only dictator in the region.
If it was just about dictatorship, they should have invaded Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen and many others.
The real reason was just the greed for oil. Nothing else.
From my viewpoint and seeing more than half million Iraqis living in this country after they were living in their OWN country, it is very sad to see anybody justifying what happened.
If it was just about dictatorship, they should have invaded Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen and many others.
The real reason was just the greed for oil. Nothing else.
From my viewpoint and seeing more than half million Iraqis living in this country after they were living in their OWN country, it is very sad to see anybody justifying what happened.
You make me feel Saddam was the only dictator in the region.
If it was just about dictatorship, they should have invaded Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen and many others.
The real reason was just the greed for oil. Nothing else.
From my viewpoint and seeing more than half million Iraqis living in this country after they were living in their OWN country, it is very sad to see anybody justifying what happened.
If it was just about dictatorship, they should have invaded Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen and many others.
The real reason was just the greed for oil. Nothing else.
From my viewpoint and seeing more than half million Iraqis living in this country after they were living in their OWN country, it is very sad to see anybody justifying what happened.
Which he was. It's sort of cheap to claim that the American government has manipulated information to justify a wrongful attack on Iraq and then go on and say that Saddam's regime was not all bad.
Although initially there was little talk of the fact that he was a dictator. It was all about WMD's. As soon as it turned out there weren't any, the climate changed and they started saying they had succesfully removed a dictator.
Although initially there was little talk of the fact that he was a dictator. It was all about WMD's. As soon as it turned out there weren't any, the climate changed and they started saying they had succesfully removed a dictator.
Oh and if things became better, why has the number of Iraqi's in gulf countries doubled after the invasion, why has the number of Iraqi's in Jordan in particular tripled at the very least after the invasion. One would think that if things became better more people would be going back to Iraq ever since 2003, but its been the complete opposite, more and more people are trying to get out of there ever since 2003.
Well you did. You claimed there was some measure of safety and security. The way I see it those are good things. So you said the regime was not all bad. Either way saying that you wanted to remove a dictator is a pretty decent argument (if there would be any decent arguments to invade another country besides self defense that is). Saddam's regime was that bad and it's a good thing that he's not there anymore.
That they have completely fucked up the situation afterwards and that the initial reason was not the dictatorship does not make the argument any less valid.
In any case it's difficult to tell if it's better or worse. Better in some aspects, much much worse in others.
That they have completely fucked up the situation afterwards and that the initial reason was not the dictatorship does not make the argument any less valid.
In any case it's difficult to tell if it's better or worse. Better in some aspects, much much worse in others.
You make me feel Saddam was the only dictator in the region.
If it was just about dictatorship, they should have invaded Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen and many others.
The real reason was just the greed for oil. Nothing else.
From my viewpoint and seeing more than half million Iraqis living in this country after they were living in their OWN country, it is very sad to see anybody justifying what happened.
If it was just about dictatorship, they should have invaded Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen and many others.
The real reason was just the greed for oil. Nothing else.
From my viewpoint and seeing more than half million Iraqis living in this country after they were living in their OWN country, it is very sad to see anybody justifying what happened.
