tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post2320088389600676470..comments2023-10-29T05:13:15.825-05:00Comments on Another War-on-Terror Blog: Russia and Georgia is America and Iraq: Everybody Knows That!Brian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-70229537976018663082008-08-20T16:11:00.000-05:002008-08-20T16:11:00.000-05:00Anonymous, I thought this would attract one of the...Anonymous, <BR/><BR/>I thought this would attract one of the Anonymous community. <BR/><BR/>For you, no: there is no credible evidence. It looks like you have decided that Saddam is innocent of any links to WMD, and so any evidence of such a connection is not credible. <BR/><BR/>And, of course, there is evidence for your position: "israel tricked USA in that one with american jewish accomplices like douglas fieth ...." <BR/><BR/>I'm none too happy about how the Kurds fared after the Kuwait war, but I don't think blaming the Jews is reasonable.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-6550467702387364042008-08-20T03:38:00.000-05:002008-08-20T03:38:00.000-05:00for one thing there was no creditable evence linki...for one thing there was no creditable evence linking saddam to WMD. top CIA anylists resigned in protest before USA invaded iraq over this matter.israel tricked USA in that one with american jewish accomplices like douglas fieth .and the USA didn't give a dam about saddam using chemical weapons. firstly it was USA which supplied iraq will chemical weapons to help win the war against iran.and after the first gulf war it gave permission for the iraqis to fly over certain areas so they could gas the kurds and the people of basra who rose up against saddam at the request of USA.and USA didn't lift a finger to help the kurd or people of basra even thou USA had hundreds of thousand of troop nearby.they basicly just watched saddam saughter thousands.george bush 1 and don rumfield should have been charged with war crimes with saddam for that one.and the funny thing is bush 2 used it to convict saddam even when he knew the truth about his father.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-37402733500095689692008-08-19T11:26:00.000-05:002008-08-19T11:26:00.000-05:00Brigid beat me to it, with many of my points. She ...Brigid beat me to it, with many of my points. <BR/><BR/>She left out the possibility of broken communication links as the invasion progressed. <BR/><BR/>Also, it wasn't just the UN that Saddam Hussein may have been counting on. As I recall, some European countries didn't approve of the coalition's actions: and Hussein may have assumed that old Europe was as powerful as the traditional colonial powers think they are.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-39566915105302778882008-08-17T22:32:00.000-05:002008-08-17T22:32:00.000-05:00Hubris. Maybe he did think his army could repel th...Hubris. Maybe he did think his army could repel the Americans and their allies. Or maybe he was counting on the UN stepping in and saving his sorry butt.Brigidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03796317915330760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-65694058490591301782008-08-16T19:08:00.000-05:002008-08-16T19:08:00.000-05:00To me the big problem with the "WMD's may still be...To me the big problem with the "WMD's may still be hidden somewhere" idea is "what's the point of having them if you're not going to use them when there's an existential threat to your country, as well as an even more existential threat to the country's leader?" In other words, when the United States invaded Iraq, what did Saddam have to lose? He knew his military couldn't repel the invaders with conventional weapons, and he knew his life was as good as over. Why not at least make things as unpleasant as possible, and take out as many Americans as he could, before the inevitable came to pass?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com