[–] LazarusLong 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
Well in the 90's Iraq invaded Kuwait. This was of great concern to all the countries in the region because, only a couple years before they used chemical weapons on Iran killing up to 100k people and then a couple years after that they used chemical weapons again this time on fellow Iraqi's.
Concern to the nations in the region, not to the world. A petty little war in among nobodies.
At the time of this Iraq was the 4th or 5th most powerful army and air force in the world.
4th or 5th largest by size, not power. I can't believe you just wrote the sentence with a straight face.
So all of the countries in the region Saudi Arabia, Jordon, UAE, etc. begged us to help. We were worried that they would attack Israel with chemical weapons and that Israel would Nuke them and start nuclear world war 3.
What? Did you just pull that out of your ass?
Also, Israel nuking Iraq wouldn't have begun ww3. What alliance networks could have drawn the world into conflict over Iraw and Israel? None.
At this point Iraq hates us because instead of killing Kuwaiti's and what not Saddam turned his wrath on his own people.
His atrocities did not increase or decrease as a result of the war in Kuwait, he ruled as he always had. Also "turned his wrath on his own people" Saddam Hussein wasn't a poorly written antagonist from a fantasy novel.
Brutalizing them in ways you hadn't seen since the dark ages. Melting with acid, sawing in half from balls to brains, hangings, shootings, whatever.
No, such things have been done since long before the dark ages to this day. Saddam was not even that remarkable in scope or brutality of his tortures, just standard fair for the region.
In war you just can't let an enemy get resupplied so into a ground war in Iraq we go..
You actually believe we attacked Iraq to cut off resupply to Afghani rebels?
They were and are being supplied by the entire region, but at that time, very minimally by Iraq specifically due to Saddam's dictatorship.
Even if 100% rooted in fact, this situation you've dreamed up still provides no reason or justification for the US invasion of Iraq.
We invaded Iraq for the same reason we spent decades in Vietnam, money.
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Dammit I had a whole thing type out and lost it trying to fix an edit :/ sigh.. once again for the 2nd time... this time more brief because I'm sick of typing.
Modern tanks, artillery, air force, they had it.. At the very least strong enough to cause chaos in the region.
Mutually assured destruction, if someone uses nukes we nuke everyone no questions asked.
He was in danger of losing power, had to brutalize anyone he thought may become a threat.
I meant on the evening news. Yes it happens all the time even today but, you just don't see it.
Yes in a way but, not the only reason. You can't let someone have a free space where they can hide and pick the battle fields. We learned that lesson in Vietnam. You go where ever your enemy is no matter what. Then you couple that with Saddam getting up in years soon to die of natural causes. Worried he will go out in a blaze of glory. Then you have the fact that he would have set up who takes his place. So we sit back and see if his replacement is better or worse all while Iraq builds up strength or we do something about it then and there. Not sure If it's the choice I would have made but, I see why they did it.