you needed their oil & they needed your food, so you overthrew their democratically elected sovereign government?
I was speaking in general, not about Iraq specifically. We went into Iraq under the pretense of them having WMD's which they could possibly use against Isreal or sell to another enemy state, or in this case a terrorist group.
No i dont see how that
work's. Hasnt worked out that well really considering Iran is now your mortal enemy.
Iran became our enemy over what exactly? There was an islamic revolution which overthrew the monarchy in '79. This was pretty much a watershed moment for islamic fundamentalism. The reasons for this were many and subject to debate depending on how you view it.
There has been outrage over Iraq, the largest ever as a matter of fact. But it's censored to you & as for UN condemnation, maybe you should Google what a permanent member of the UN security council is capable of with a veto.
We've seen the outrage over Iraq. Nothing is censored now thanks to the internet. There has been a lot of outrage over here too. My personal feelings about the Iraq war is that it seemed necessary given the new context we found ourselves in post 9/11. I'm also aware of permanent membership and the council (I was part of the U.N. peacekeeping force during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia in '92/'93). It doesn't prevent people's ambassadors from speaking up and not many of them did this.
Also what has Al Qaieda have to do with Iraq? Afghanistan, fine... those guy's were asking for it, but Iraq? I thought you went into Iraq because your pears are ignorant regarding WMD's?!
I address this in one of the above posts. Iraq had several years to hide and or destroy WMD's. We know he had them at some point since he used them a couple of times in the 80's.
Why didn't you go after Al Qaeida after 9-11? It's common knowledge that America was more interested in Iraq & that the plans to invade Iraq were drafted before 9-11 happened.
Um, I think we did go after them when we attacked Afghanistan like 5 weeks after 9/11. I do agree with you that many more resources were diverted to Iraq than should've been and we lost focus on Afghanistan. Big mistake IMO. I'm not surprised that plans were drafted beforehand since they had U.N. imposed no-fly zones and the U.N. had been trying to get in to inspect their chemical manufacturing facilities and what not. We'd already seen time and again what Sadam was capable of. He was an evil mofo and had to go, period!
You see that's what an illegal war is, when you invade a country under false pretenses or your start bombing another because you claim that you were attacked 1st, like the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964, when in fact you were not attacked at all.
Wars are inherently bad things. I've been in a couple of them, I know. This is what humans do. Personally, I think that by their very nature all wars should be illegal. After all, the intent is to murder people and destroy/steal property. Sounds like human rights violations to me. If there is a good reason to go to war I think being attacked first is definitely high on the list.
What did you expect after decades of imposing your will, a pat on the back? Grow up & get over the fact that you have been found lacking once again.
Don't be hatin' just because it's the "in thing" in your country to be an American basher. We aren't all bad people, just most of us. This is not a perfect world and we aren't a perfect species. This country was turned upside down after 9/11. If we didn't go to war we would've been wrong: we go to war and we're wrong. It's a double edged sword but I think not going to war would've been the worse move. The world changed for us all on that day. I hope and long for a day with no more war. I hope I live to see it, but honestly, I doubt I will. I can always dream.