>> The rumour I heard, and I haven't checked into this for an awful long time, was that Saddam didn't just invade Kuwait. He checked with his western pals first. They gave him the nod as it suited some other plans they had in place. Saddam invaded Kuwait and the West announced he was a bad guy. That is when everyone fell out on an official basis.<<
Saddam was given 6 weeks to pull out of Kuwait, he responded by calling the US a toothless tiger. So what you heard is BS.
On November 29, 1990, the U.N. Security Council authorized the use of “all necessary means” of force against Iraq if it did not withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991. By January, the coalition forces prepared to face off against Iraq numbered some 750,000, including 540,000 U.S. personnel and smaller forces from Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, among other nations.
>>We were given very ample time to sort out Ukraine, and NATO rubbed Russia's nose in the dirt in 2014 with the undemocratic "Maiden Revolution". Various atrocities were committed, by our supposed side... not the Russians.<<
Excuses for Putin will be endless.
>> The Russians fought Hitler btw, you forgot to mention that.<<
I mentioned it, you just didn't read it. |
