Augie, I support a war on Iraq but I have to echo the statements of the anti war threadsters and support much of what Mish, Godfrey, WLD, Softie etc are saying.
US played a big part in putting Saddam where he is now and encouraging his acts of mass murder. There is much justification in rectifying that mistake but the way US and UK are presenting their case is a bunch of lies.
Gassing of Iranians was using US intelligence and planning, along with Euro and US hardware and technology.
Gassing of the kurds is accepted all over the world to have been done by Iran but in the last 6 mths the story has mysteriously changed!
years old "intelligence" report used to justify war?
No evidence of Saddams WMD arsenal despite satellites, spies, U2s, inspectors, helicopters etc?
This isn't anti american as you put it, it is the truth. If Bush, Rumsfeld etc are given free rein to deceive their own citizens, let alone the rest of the world, how do we know they will prosecute the war in a responsible and humane way, rather than killing tens of thousands of retreating troops that didnt support their govt anyway, like was the case in Iraq '91, and to a lesser extent in the Afghan war?
Let's remember this should be a war on Saddam, not a war on Iraq. |
