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Originally posted by Bingo@Oct 28 2004, 06:43 PM
Terrible news if true, and a really sad thing for Iraq and it's citizens. Hopefully things will get under control and the country will grow without a dictator killing them into the future to the point that they can honestly say they're better off.
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Hey, yeah I was all for taking Saddam Hussein out, I just didn't like the whole WMD Al Qaeda accusations and lies and propaganda. It makes you wonder, 'ok, what is the REAL reason for all of this?'
If the U.S. had spent a little more time being diplomatic and just outright said. Look, we want to go in for humantarian reasons. This guy has torture chambers and rape rooms, these people need to be liberated, I think they could have garnered more support. And maybe with more nations being involved, more troops being put on the ground from all over the world, and more political pressure and attention (instead of the scenario now where the insurgents feel justified because the rest of the world IS mad at the States) the death toll may not have been so high. And the anti-U.S. sentiment wouldn't be as bad as it is either. But I can't back a motion based on lies, and like I said before, it just makes the government look that more suspicious. I mean, there are so many unanswered questions now.
This of course would have taken more time though, and for some reason Bush seemed to want to get in there as quick as possible, which raises even more questions.
As for the report being true or not. Well, it could be exageratted a bit I'm sure, but it is based from U.S. think tanks, and even if the number was cut in half it would still be disgusting.
EDIT: Grammer, etc.