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Thread #117126   Message #2535732
Posted By: Gervase
09-Jan-09 - 02:47 AM
Thread Name: BS: Why Iraq Was a Mistake, Teribus...
Subject: RE: BS: Why Iraq Was a Mistake, Teribus...
So, how many Iraqis have died. And is that an acceptable figure?
If regime change is a legitimate use of power (and where is the international law that says it is?), then why not North Korea, Zimbabwe, Venezuela or any other country to which the USA takes a dislike? Given the lack of hard evidence even at the time, what was so special about Iraq - other than the fact that the PNAC and other neo-cons had already marked Saddam's dance card before 9/11 and saw it as a heaven-sent opportunity to try out a shiny new policy that would bring an end to the world's problems and see the USA emerge as the once and future hyperpower?
I'm sorry chaps, but your arguments are not persuasive, and your 'facts' are as subjective and selective as those of any flat-earther, creationist or holocaust denier, or indeed anyone clinging to an untenable position.
Still, it's nice to know that the world is now a safer place!