Iraq has been a total waste of money and lives. If getting rid of saddam was they key, it could have been done in many other ways. Iraqi casualties aside, the Bush administration, and PM's Blair and Howard owed it to their soldiers not to send them in harms way without just cause. I can see the justification in Afghanistan, but not Iraq.

The only ones I have less respect for than the Bush administration is the opposition legislators who now oppose the war openly but at the time voted to send 3000+ countrymen to their deaths because they were afraid to be called unpatriotic.

I agree, wholeheartedly....!

redrus

we are not allowed to link Iraq and Afganistan

so lets have a head count of deaths directly attributable to sadam Hussain..I belive he was convicted of being culpable for the deaths of 136 people

He executed over one million people (in one form or another), the rape rooms, torture chambers, etc...

Halapja; Chemical attack, A crime against humanity 98.

Some of the above pictures you may find disturbing.

redrus

we are not allowed to link Iraq and Afganistan

so lets have a head count of deaths directly attributable to sadam Hussain..I belive he was convicted of being culpable for the deaths of 136 people

He executed over one million people (in one form or another), the rape rooms, torture chambers, etc...

Again as usual Boon replys with a large and unatributable number...I know that Saddam ordered the deaths of many people but that does not justify the destruction of a country and it's people

Here is a lttle piece from between the wars, as I said it makes me wonder who deserves to be on trial.

Here is a summary of US policy as concerns the Kurdish population of Northern Iraq and Turkey: Iraq will be bombed by the US if it takes military action against Kurdish "freedom-fighters" on Iraqi territory. If, on the other hand, it is Turkey doing the killing of Kurdish "terrorists" on Iraqi territory, the US supports Turkey's right to do so.

Not only does the US support Turkey's right, it has provided Turkey with the equipment and logistical support to kill over 30,000 Kurds in 10 years and displace millions more – were this Kosovo we would be hearing words like "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing."

You see, to kill Kurds, all you need is the proper hunting license. In this case that license is a perk of NATO membership.

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