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Originally posted by arsenal@Oct 14 2004, 02:37 AM
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Originally posted by kipperfan@Oct 13 2004, 07:32 PM
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@Oct 14 2004, 12:48 AM
Regardless of what our views are on the war and on Bush we should be glad Saddam is out of power only because of what he did to his people as shown here,
i don't understand it either what does he gain from killing them all.
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I agree, and I am happy for the multitudes of people who were oppressed and subjecated by Saddam and his regime...................................but...... .
Having Saddam in the middle east, as a moderate muslim leader, created a balance of power which prevented on-going war time. Iran and the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are very extreme Muslim in their views, and have a much more radical slant on Islam(much like al-queda). Iran has been like this for decades making it a hot spot for conflict. Not only that, but in recent years the Iranian army has grown, a land force of over 100,000 troops, a air force and a nuclear powered submarine brigade is a little more scary the the 15 old tanks irag wheeled out.
Sure enough, now that Saddam is gone, and the balanceing force is gone, Iran is becoming more and more unstable, leading to eventual armed conflict.
The americans cant even consider going into iran on the ground, they would suffer mase loses, this military compaign(if it happens) will make the 1000 american military deaths in iraq look lame.
Though Saddam was bad to his people he really was a stablizing force in the region, as he didnt agree, and wouldnt be swayed by muslim exremisit leaders, forcing a stall mate of sorts within the region.
If George and his govt are really so worried about "the people" and liberating tortured citizens of the world maybe he should roll into the Sudan, the mase genocide there is already being documented as worse than anything Hussien created.
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Yes, Saddam was pretty stabalizing. Thats why he invaded Kuwaitt, and had a long war with Iran. That only stopped after the UN and the coalition put a stop to it.
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If it werent for him, Iran would have run over every counrty in the middle east by now, only after the all out war with Isreal.
That Kuwait thing was scary ehh? [/b][/quote]
No, not particularly, becuase the UN actually stepped up and did something. If they hadn't done anything, Saddam would have gotten alot of money from Kuwaitts oil reserves. More a build of a military, possibly moving on to Saudi Arabia. Going back against Iran. Who knows.