GG IRAQ

[Ironside]

saddam killed a lot of Iriq'is. How many have george bush and tony blair kill?

Anyone who thinks Iraq is better off post war, when millions of Iraq'is are dead, are crazy imo.

going by your own statement

europe is not better off after WW11 dispite getting rid of the NAZIs as millions died

[action man]

june, ironside our MO for Iraq wasnt to topple saddam.

[Ironside]

june, ironside our MO for Iraq wasnt to topple saddam.

no but it was a good outcome to a bad plan (although i still think GB snr wanted saddam toppled and used his son to do it)

[smileriraq]

thougt id weigh in on this given that I was sent out there in 2004 (ironically enough thats where i learnt holdem on the last 2 weeks of our tour hence the name) as part of a TA unit

regardless of wether the reasoning was sound or even right for that matter (WMD) removing saddam from power did do the world a favour , having spoken to a number of iraqis the majority of them were glad to see him go. Now whilst some of them voicing that opinion could have been doing it just to tell me what they think we wanted to hear given the context it was given in during the conversation I dont think so.

My personal opinion is that after 9/11 the bush administration needed to make a statement to the world and some sort of victory in order to not to be seen as weak by the american people and to ensure a 2nd term. They couldnt find Osaman but knew exactly where Saddam was and he provided a perfect "villian" to present to the american public cos that is what he was.

Anyone who asks me whether we were justified over there I reply with "when youve seen the bulletholes in the back of the swimming pools ,where executions took places in palaces that were covered in gold whilst the majority of the country lived in abject poverty then yes I think it was worth it"

It may not have been the reason we were over there but some good did come of it