Was it established?Quote:
Might I also note, that above all else, it was well established Saddam was planning to acquire WMDs, and who dares argue that he wouldn't if he could? [/B]
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Was it established?Quote:
Might I also note, that above all else, it was well established Saddam was planning to acquire WMDs, and who dares argue that he wouldn't if he could? [/B]
The WMDs were hidden in... coconuts. The monkeys hid them.
They have coconuts in Iraq?!Quote:
The WMDs were hidden in... coconuts. The monkeys hid them.
I've already made my points known in other threads about this war...and more especially Canada's stand on it...and if you've read them you know , for the most part I agree...I will add one more thing to my comments though...
one of the reasons Bush jr is receiving more resistence and less help from other Arab nations than his dad did is because Bush sr renegged on a promise he made to the Kurds( yes I know they're fighting...but not for Bush..for themselves) and Iraqis the first time around.
He left!
Even refused to return after the Kurd's begged him to return as they were being chased across the hills to Turkey ( who didn't want them either and already had a large Kurdish population from other exodus').
He had promised them( all Iraqis') that if they stood up and opposed Saddam, or surrendered, or unarmed and went home, he would depose the dictator and set up self-government with the Kurds and Sunni's being well represented in the new government...he lied and he left, so now Bush jr has the war his daddy avoided by making promises he didn't keep.
That's why Bush sr had a stroll against an arguably well equipped army...and Bush jr is in a quagmire against guerillas.
Hmmm,
I would be inclined to go for Syria myself. Saudi and Jordan are monarchies, and not likely to be as sympathetic. Also Syria was preparing to accommodate up to a million Iraqui refugees when the war started.Quote:
I firmly believe that Iraq had them and that they're sitting quite safely in Jordan and Saudi Arabia right now.
Bush Sr. Left because he "listened" to the UN and their underling power base in the EU.
Ms Mittens that was a joke. :) But when I think about it most of Iraq is desert but the area around Bagdad down to Kuwait is a belt of green and marshes. There are palm trees in some places, so I bet they could have hid them inside millions of coconuts. ;) No monkeys though. Maybe giant squirrels carried them off? Oh, they may have migrated to England via African swallows.
I realise it was a joke but it would have been funnier if it was date trees rather than coconuts because, IIRC, there are no coconut trees in Iraq. ;)
Ah but dates are small. You could fit much more in a coconut. :p I wish we could get fresh dates here in North America. California started a date crop but a little research last year turned up little availability. In a few years maybe we will see some as they warp the genetics. They are delicious fresh.
When you talk about banned weapons, you are perhaps not making it clear that these weapons are selectively banned as in certain "large" (in status?) western countries seem to be perfectly allowed to have them. Fair enough, these countries haven't used them on their own ppl, but it does seem slightly hypocritical.
And no, I'm not saying that Iraq should have been allowed to have so called WMD's, what I am saying is that no-one should be allowed to store and/or manufacture these weapons. The fact that they were developed in the first place is quite frankly sick, and the fact that any weapons are bought and sold in the international marketplace is even worse.
And about Saddam Hussein suffering a slow and painful death and frying and whatnot...that is also sick. It doesn't matter what he's done (and I would agree that he was a horrible person, evil even, but not in the biblical sense, but as in common usage) - it will not make things better or bring other people back to life by killing him.
IMO, he should have to live out the rest of his life in prison with absolutely no priviledges. I would say that would be worse than a relatively quick death. Not to mention the fact that it is clearly murder to kill anyone, no matter if they are being executed.
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Jarrod, c'mon on now, you'd think Saddam would sit over there and behave himself nicely?
I gotta agree with ol' gothic there. I wouldn't mind seeing us toss out the nukes either. I would presume the argument would be if we disposed of ours, then we'd be open to get nuked ourselves since we couldn't fire back...but still...