Iraq was lost because of the Mainstream Media ...

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All of Iraq is divided into three parts.

The Kurds, the Sunni, and the Shia.

It should be split into separate countries like Yugoslavia.

Correct.

As with most other countries in the ME, Iraq was a political contrivance of the post Ottoman Era, a state made up of many nations, and it failed accordingly.

Yeppers. No strongman, no nation.

 

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If we had stayed the hell out of Iraq in the first place, the media would not have mattered.

Saddam would still be providing a strategic counter-balance to Iran.

Saddam would still be providing a firewall against Al Qaeda.

Thousands of young American soldiers would still have their lives, limbs and minds.

Thousands of American families would still have their loved ones.

A trillion or so American dollars would have been saved.

I'm no fan of the media, but this should not have happened.

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DUMMY!!!! Saddam invaded Kuwait! YOU would be paying $8.00 or more per gallon today if 1991 Desert Storm didn't drive Saddam out !
FACT!
Saddam agreed to the 1991 CEASE FIRE! NOTE IT WAS NOT a TREATY! IT WAS NOT a SURRENDER!
BUT A CEASE FIRE meaning if Saddam as he did broke the agreement the CEASE FIRE CEASED!!!

That is why these 32 democrat quotes are so interesting because THESE people thought it was worth while!

32 democrat quotes indicate even before GWB that Saddam was a threat!

"..deny Iraq the capacity to develop WMD".Bill Clinton,1998
"..most brutal dictators of Century", Biden,1998
"Iraq compliance with Resolution 687 becomes shell game"..Daschle 1998
"He will use those WMDs again,as he has ten times since 1983" ..Berger Clinton Ntl. Secur. Advr 1998
"posed by Iraq's refusal to end its WMD programs" Levin 1998
"Saddam has been engaged in development of WMDs which is a threat.."Pelosi 1998 WHERE'D SHE GET THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BUSH?
"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building WMDS.."Albright 1999
"Saddam to refine delivery systems, that will threaten the US..."Graham 2001
"Saddam has ignored the mandate of the UN and is building WMDs and the means to deliver.." Levin 2002
"Iraq's search for WMDs ...will continue as long as Saddam's in power"..Gore 2002
"Saddam retains stockpiles of WMDS.."Byrd 2002
"..give President authority to use force..to disarm Saddam because an arsenal of WMDs..threat our security"..Kerry 2002
"..Unmistakable evidence Saddam developing nuclear weapons next 5 years.."Rockefeller 2002
"Violated over 11 years every UN resolution demanding disarming WMDs.."Waxman 2002
"He's given aid,comfort & sanctuary to al Qaeda members..and keep developing WMDs"..Hillary 2002
"Compelling evidence Saddam has WMDs production storage capacity.." Graham 2002
"Without a question, we need to disarm Saddam. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime .... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction .... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real ...."Kerry , Jan. 23. 2003.



Please explain how YOU were so better informed then the above???

The Democratic quotes are every bit as wrong as those of the Bush bad intelligence.

Only the UN could authorize the USA to invade because of UN resolution violations. Any Bushie or lawyer who opined that it was legal is guilty of aiding offensive war and needs to be shipped to The Hague.

I am better informed because I understand what is happening over there, and you clearly don't.

As part of the 1991 Gulf War ceasefire agreement, the Iraqi government agreed to UN Security Council Resolution 687, which called for weapons inspectors to search locations in Iraq for chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, as well as weapons that exceed an effective distance of 150 kilometres.[31]
After the passing of resolution 687, thirteen additional resolutions (699, 707, 715, 949, 1051, 1060, 1115, 1134, 1137, 1154, 1194, 1205, 1284) were passed by the Security Council reaffirming the continuation of inspections, or citing Iraq's failure to comply fully with them.[32] On September 9, 1998, the Security Council passed Resolution 1194, which unanimously condemns Iraq's suspension of cooperation with UNSCOM. One month later, on October 31, Iraq officially declares it will cease all forms of interaction with UNSCOM.[33]

United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 (1990) authorizes the use of all necessary means to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 (1990) and subsequent relevant resolutions and to compel Iraq to cease certain activities that threaten international peace and security, including the development of weapons of mass destruction and refusal or obstruction of United Nations weapons inspections in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 (1991), repression of its civilian population in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 (1991), and threatening its neighbors or United Nations operations in Iraq in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 949 (1994).

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