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Originally Posted by WorldCitizen
If Iran invaded Mexico, toppled its government, executed it's leaders, destroyed its infrastructures, and watched the country slide into civil war whilst building permanent military bases, would the US sit idly by and watch? Or would it get it's hands dirty?
You're referring to the speech where he referred to removing the zionist regime occupying Jerusalem rather than destroying Israel? Or something else?
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*Of exactly what relivence is this. If you want to argue about removing Saddam there is an entire thread on just that. What Iran is doing in Iraq is pure terrorism. Very very much like Syria in Lebannon attempting to control government power by religious terrorism and funding,training and giving weapons to these groups.
Lets answer each question.
1)If Iran invaded Mexico.
Iraq invaded Quwait for no reason whatsoever murdered,plundered and set their biggest assets afire. Namely the oil fields. Disrupting the world market etc.
2) Toppled it's government, Executed its leaders.
Saddams government was warned after his first ass kicking in Quwait. The U.S. allowed him to retreat back to Iraq and rethink the matter. The U.N. sanctioned his regime through the oil for food programs which he circumvented through back door dealings. Saddam also played around the IAE inspections. Threatening others with programs of mass destruction all of this time. He executed thousands of people because of being the wrong religion and for a blown chance of assinating him. It did not take 148 people to attempt to assinate him but yet 148 were killed because of it. Women and children and a majority of the men killed had nothing to do with it but he had them killed none the less using mustard and sarin filled shells. Which I might add were found and are weapons of mass destruction. Something that by U.N. sanction Saddam was not supposed to have.
Furthermore we did not execute its leaders. The US military was charged with hunting them down so they could stand trial. If resistance was encountered then the US attacked. Saddam himself and his other minions had their day in Iraqi court with and Iraqi judge and was televised for the world to see. He was executed under Iraqi law and hung by Iraqi executioners. The US had zero to do with it except deliver the package to court and keep him garded during the trials up until his last days. It was only when Saddam himself was caught did he want to make a deal. Not before and not until.
3) Destroyed its infastructures.
When the US invaded Iraq certain structures were destroyed as per US doctrine. That keeps it soldiers safe and air superiority established. The US itself did not damage water works, oil fields etc. That was extremeists and seeing as though it is one of the larger oil supplies this would count as a major part of infastructure and income to the Iraqi people.
4) Watched it slide into Civil War.
First and foremost the US did not sit back and watch anything. And certainly was not buiding bases while this was happening. The majority of the bases used for Iraqs invasion came from outside of Iraq. When you have a population that is religiously charged it is very diffacult to stop them from clashing. And when you have outside influences such as AQ, Iran and other countries fueling the religious strife it is very hard for any Western forces to contain it. That is why we want them to have their own government. One that works in conjunction with their culture and their heritage.
Saddam was a murderer of intold thousands pure and simple.
*No I am referring to his (Iran president) call for the destruction of Israel itself. A much different story and a very grave statement to make especially when Israel would be criticized for moving first. Syria found that out not long ago and still wont own up to exactly what Israel destroyed. Iran will not be allowed to posses a nuclear weapon under any religious regime especially this particular one.