Plenty of people including 'well-paid analysts' did warn that Iraq would fall into anarchy. They were ignored because other interests were being pursued by those who wanted to go to war.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian McC
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Plenty of people including 'well-paid analysts' did warn that Iraq would fall into anarchy. They were ignored because other interests were being pursued by those who wanted to go to war.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian McC
just been emailed its at kaotic.comQuote:
Originally Posted by Drew
Where the hell did that execution take place? How come someone sneaked in with a mobile phone and filmed the whole thing? Also, they supposedly screamed something like "go to hell, Saddam" or whatever.
Hellooo, aren't we in 21st century? :confused:
the date has no relevance. just as the idea of "democracy" as we know it will have no relevance in places that either are not ready, or do not want it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erki
there is no democracy anywhere in the world,the citizens just have the right to choose what they think is the lesser of the two evils.....
I see people are sharing the video on the net, really isn't something I wish to see.
Of those 23 countries that still have troops in Iraq, I'd say only the UK, Australia, Denmark and South Korea have relatively high GDP per capita. The UK and Australia are there maybe because they share the language and history with the US, and because trade with the US is much of their foreign trade (Australia: 6.7% of export and 13% of import, the UK: 15.1% of export and 8.7% of import, https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications...ook/index.html ). South Korea proably joined because much of their own defense depends on the US. I don't get Denmark though.Quote:
Originally Posted by studiose
As far as I remember, they did, but they were ignored. Even Bush's own father adviced him against invading Iraq, but George Jr thought that daddy doesn't know the best. I also remeber some CIA people complaining that the Bush administration pressured them to find only incriminating evidence (or "evidence") against Iraq and ignore anything that conflicted with the mission.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian McC
Be that as it may, let's not forget that the original "Coalition of the Willing" - which you dismissed as comprising largely from "rather small and impoverished countries who are dependent on the US aid and couldn't afford to say "no thanks"" - also included Spain, Portugal, New Zealand, Norway, the Netherlands, Japan and Italy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
And EU members Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania are certainly not "rather small and impoverished countries who are dependent on the US aid"!
Every country had some reason for joining the stabilization forces (not invasion forces, mind) in Iraq - it would be a bit thick to go there for no reason whatsoever, wouldn't it? :rolleyes: But financial aid from the US was not what formed the coalition.
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Originally Posted by studiose
Stabilization forces sounds little like "freedom fries", in what way was Iraq unstable before usa attacked?