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Fascinating. They attacked on my birthday!
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At any rate, the entire POINT of the treaties you refer to was to give the UN a legal foothold to intervene if the oilfields (and therefore, Kuwait) were under threat.
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I would suggest that the Gulf War COST us a whole lot of money... and while one could argue it was about maintaining the free flow of oil from the region (which was in our national interest), it was also about stopping agression before it had a chance to spread. The security of Saudi Arabia was a MAJOR Strategic concern and it is REALLY the primary reason we got our butts over there so quickly. There is no shame in taking actions to protect the Strategic interests of your country... none at all.
The US (and Western Civilization as a whole) has made a LOOOTTTT of stupid mistakes over the last 226 years, Desert Storm was NOT one of them. It was arguably the single greatest military achievement of the 20th century (and there were a lot of military achievements during the 20th century ), and it exemplified how proper application of force can turn a long drawn out deadly war into a sneeze of a campaign with minimal allied casualties (and arguably lower enemy casualties than would have occurred in a drawn out engagement) We were not the agressors in that war, Iraq was the agressor. The reason Saddam was left in power was to attempt to AVOID making a mess of the region. (and this has been largely successful) His unwillingness to be pacified could not have been predicted with a high degree of certainty at the time, thus our course of action was not unreasonable. Sadly it didn't work, but it was worth the effort. Bringing down Saddam is a risky affair, the power vacuum his departure will make is going to leave a dangerous instability in the region... and likely require long term commitments of troops and support in the region. (not a popular thing with the American people... nor any others I imagine) |
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The War in Kuwait did help our economic interests, but that was not the sole reason we were there and any statement to the contrary is just mean spirited and baseless. It is also being grossly unfair to those decision makers who did what was right. |
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The War in Kuwait did help our economic interests, but that was not the sole reason we were there and any statement to the contrary is just mean spirited and baseless. It is also being grossly unfair to those decision makers who did what was right.[/QB][/QUOTE]I have come to the conclusion that no mater what the USA does, we are still, greedy, war hungery, evil,vile monster who have no regaurd for human life. *shrugs*
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It is a shame, but that just seems to be what happens... when something goes wrong or someone screws up but you're not sure who, the finger always seems to be pointed at the guy (country) at the top. It happens in business, in families (I blame the parents...) and world politics, perhaps. Human nature again?
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