Hi Dreadnought,
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What Iran is doing in Iraq is pure terrorism.
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What you might call terrorism, they might call resisting an illegal occupation. It doesn't make much sense to talk about "interfering" with a state that is subject to such an occupation.
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Iraq invaded Quwait for no reason whatsoever murdered,plundered and set their biggest assets afire. Namely the oil fields. Disrupting the world market etc.
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No reason whatsoever? Could the same not be said about the Anglo-American invasion?
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Originally Posted by Dreadnought
The U.N. sanctioned his regime through the oil for food programs which he circumvented through back door dealings.
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Just like there's a whole thread about whether removing Saddam was a good idea, there's a whole thread about the genocidal Oil for Food program.
Saddam was a brutal murderer. I think we can agree on that. But the illegal invasion (which was, to use your term, "pure terrorism" IMHO) has resulted in the deaths of more people that Saddam ever killed.
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The US had zero to do with (his execution)except deliver the package to court and keep him garded during the trials up until his last days.
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I don't think I'm alone in wondering whether the trial was free from US interference. The fact that he was charged convicted and executed for one of the crimes that didn't have US backing makes me suspicious. His greatest crimes (the ones which were backed by the US) were never allowed to see the inside of the courtroom, he was executed before anything could happen to bring these to light.
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Saddam was a murderer of intold thousands pure and simple.
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Of course he was. But the same was true while he was your trusted friend and ally.
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*No I am referring to his (Iran president) call for the destruction of Israel itself.
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I'm not sure what you're referring to. Got a source?
Thanks for your post, a lot of food for thought.