Yep, hes a gonner.Quote:
Originally Posted by LandyAndy
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Yep, hes a gonner.Quote:
Originally Posted by LandyAndy
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/sad...895509954.html
Death rates because of the war far outweigh death rates under Saddam - under international law the unilateral invasion by the coalition without a UN mandate is illegal - the UN has said as much - as I said Might is Right - the US just wanted to take out Saddam so went and did it - not even the UN could stop them - that what makes it illegal - in 2003 waging war is illegal - we no longer live in a society that can just pick on who it choses - it may not be perfect but it is a start - there were other ways of dealing with Sadam and the US undermined the UN rather than giving it the teeth that it needs.Quote:
Originally Posted by stevo68
I can assure you - I know my facts. As you and others have said -we all have our opinions.
Cheers
Garry
Well, I think the 150,000 Kurds that he killed and the 300,000 shi'ites that he killed might have something to say about that! Not to mention other Iraqis.
No matter who should've done or not have done whatever, an evil pathological killer is now no longer with us
Any views on any other polliticians/despots etc is a separate argument.
Why can't they do that to the polititions as well? :-(
One less politician at least. A bullet when he was hiding in his hole would have been a lot cheaper than a farsical trial that could have no other outcome.
I have a friend who did most of his growing up and early adulthood in the Emirates and Kuwait. His father had a senior job with an oilfield support company. He reckons sand n-----s should be declared outside the protection of law. His father has an even lower opinion, "shoot on sight" says dad.
Man all that sand it would end up being one hell of a sheet of Glass.....:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by lokka
Well Now Saddams gone to join his sons, we can line up the Iraninan and north korean Despots otherwise all the senators Money shares in boeing,colt and westinghouse will drop if no more weapons are needed:mad:
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Originally Posted by Jamo
Want to bet? He is alive and well and living in the White House!
The Bush Administration has broken just about every rule in the book, when it come to wageing war,
Oh come on RobHay....Quote:
Originally Posted by RobHay
As long as you espouse 'Democracy, Freedom and Liberty' you can invade any country you want, kill as many people you want, destroy any infrastructure, impose foreigh policies and laws as long as you are big and might. As the President who ultimately issues and takes responsibility of orders given I see no difference in Saddam and George W. Bush. The US has sponsored terrorism worldwide for years to accomodate their own objectives.
But you will never see these guys up for war crimes......
Look at Iraq's recent history under Hussein and I don't think too many will shed a tear over his death.
The U.S.'s interest in the Persian Gulf is simple - oil/petroleum. Bush is doing, rightly or wrongly, what his predecessors have done previously. Defending those interests. Jimmy Carter said in 1980 - "Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force."
Iran vs Iraq, Afgahanistan vs USSR, Israel vs the Palestinians. Religion vs politics, religion as politics. Pick a side. I can't see the problems in the middle east ever being overcome. People will continue to die.
Just makes you thank your God, whoever he or she maybe, that we are living in the best country on the planet, with the freedoms and liberties we enjoy. But maybe that should be another thread.
Just my opinion.