Tal's Iraq War: Blood for Oil, Oil for Food, Food for Thought

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Yeah. When was the last time Bush used nerve agent on the US populace?

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When was the last time that Iraq dropped two atomic bombs on Japan?

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If Saddam had wanted to avoid all of this it would have been VERY EASY for him to simply lay it all out and provide proof of where the WMD went. I might add that the timeline is from an "anti-war" site, as you will note from some of the dates.

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Saddam did lay it all out for everyone to see. He allowed weapons inspectors to go anywhere in his nation unfettered. Doesn't get much better than that. Paperwork can be faked, but nothing can beat on-site weapons inspections. What did America go to war over? Poorly kept paper-work. Pathetic.

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Now, my question is this. What nation in history has ever declared that it would invade unless X demands were met; waited 14 months, using diplomacy the whole time, before it attacked said nation?

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Yeah, let's go through the history of unprovoked attacks. Let's see . . . Germany twice, once in WW I and again in WW II . . . N. Korea invading S Korea comes to mind . . . Do you want me to keep going?

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6 years and it still continues to conceal the info on WMD?

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He had to, it was the only thing keeping his enemies at bay. If the world discovered that SH did not have large stockpiles of WMD's, how long do you think Iran would sit by and not invade? For local stability it would actually have been better to help SH keep this charade going. Once SH's bluff was called by the US he allowed unfettered inspections. The very fact that all of the evidence for WMD's in Iraq was supplied by Iraqi's should tell you something. And even funnier, one of the informant's codenames was "Curveball". Ironic to the last.{Fixed 1 quote box - AM}This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 01-14-2005 12:54 AM

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I'm glad you brought this up. I will first state the obvious, that Iraq and Japan were never at war. Next, I will state the obvious, Iraq would most certainly have nuked someone if they had the nukes, which is what this is all about btw.

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Iraq never attacked the US.Secondly, it is not a given that Hussein would have used nukes if he had them available. Obviously, the US has always been a larger threat to Iraq sovereignty. Do you actually think that Iraq actually posed a threat to the US? After Afghanistan, do you really think that openly supplying terrorists who attack the US was in anyone's favor? Saddam's reign was coming to a close, even with the poorly executed Oil For Food program. The reopening of weapons inspections was the first step in removing Saddam through non-violent means and it should have been given a chance.

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Contracycle clearly doesn't worship anybody, and occassionally feels the need to be photographed pissing on the grave of Karl Marx to make the point.

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C'mon, don't tease us. You have to show this picture. (Of course, feel free to blur out any identifying characteristics).