eagleseven
Quod Erat Demonstrandum
What would the world look like if we did not invade Iraq in 2003?
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I propose that we would be currently watching the 2nd Iran-Iraq War, instead. Why?
*Saddam invaded Iran to destroy the Iranian Revolutionaries in 1980, fearing a similar revolt among his Shia
*Iran and Iraq would remain the two largest powers in the Middle-East
*Saddam Hussein would not allow Iran, his 2nd-most-feared enemy, to develop nuclear weapons
*Both Saddam and Khameini have absolutely zero regard for the lives of their respective peoples, as demonstrated both recently and historically.
*Both Iran and Iraq have the oil wealth to fund massive modern militaries
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What would a 2nd Iran-Iraq war look like? We can look to the first Iran-Iraq war for an idea:
*1980-1988
*500,000 Iranian casualties
* > 100,000 victims of WMDs
*300,000 Iraqi casualties
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmo04Nw5Vdg]YouTube - Iranians engage Iraqi T-72[/ame]
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I propose that we would be currently watching the 2nd Iran-Iraq War, instead. Why?
*Saddam invaded Iran to destroy the Iranian Revolutionaries in 1980, fearing a similar revolt among his Shia
*Iran and Iraq would remain the two largest powers in the Middle-East
*Saddam Hussein would not allow Iran, his 2nd-most-feared enemy, to develop nuclear weapons
*Both Saddam and Khameini have absolutely zero regard for the lives of their respective peoples, as demonstrated both recently and historically.
*Both Iran and Iraq have the oil wealth to fund massive modern militaries
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What would a 2nd Iran-Iraq war look like? We can look to the first Iran-Iraq war for an idea:
*1980-1988
*500,000 Iranian casualties
* > 100,000 victims of WMDs
*300,000 Iraqi casualties
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmo04Nw5Vdg]YouTube - Iranians engage Iraqi T-72[/ame]
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