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If Saddam uses Chemical/Bio weapons?

Contributor: Fleabag

Date: 2003-04-07 18:08:14

While I agree that WWII was different, it was a case of fighting 'expansionist' Nazism and Imperialism, the US will be just as guilty as those nations if it takes any money out of Iraq or anywhere else it uses it's military.
The US supports American Liberty, and American freedom. They have funded way to many dictators who served US interests for far too long for them to have any credibility in the 'world policing' arena.

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If Saddam uses Chemical/Bio weapons?

Contributor: cfallon

Date: 2003-04-08 13:28:40

There was a cold war. It was a real war. For every dictator the Americans propped up, the Soviets did the same.

It is not correct to talk about behaviour in the Cold War as if it was done in the same context as things are done today.

Finally, 911 changes America. The world just doesn't understand that yet.

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If Saddam uses Chemical/Bio weapons?

Contributor: codc01

Date: 2003-04-08 14:26:26

I agree that the world may not understand fully this, but its no reason to put into question every principle made in the last 50 years... Thats not wise at all...

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Contributor: fatmomma

Date: 2003-04-11 02:26:10

this invasion of Iraq was planned long prior to 9/11
Some very interesting information on this web site: http;//www.ncf.carleton.ca/coat/our_magazine/links/issue49/articles49_oil.pdf.

hilites:
Scott Ritter, formerly the most hawkish of UNweapons inspectors stated as of Dec 1988: Iraq is qualitively disarmed; it has no functional capacity to develop biological, chemical or nuclear weapons

1998: Clinton pulled weapons inspectors out of Iraq; this is referred to by the media as "the expullsion of weapons inspectors"

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If Saddam uses Chemical/Bio weapons?

Contributor: Barretm82

Date: 2003-04-13 16:29:25

Scott Ritter is an extremely poor example to use. His credibility is below zero, to quote him is worst then distasteful.

If fact he is so low that understandably the details are not worth mention on a public forum such as this one.

I will leave you with this link, which spares us of the details, but gets a point across about his lack of character.

http://www.abc10.com/Global/story.asp?S=1090744&nav=6uyNDSWw

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If Saddam uses Chemical/Bio weapons?

Contributor: Fleabag

Date: 2003-04-11 06:41:01

The cold war was a catalyst for both east and west to support dictators to spread the larger nation's interests, no doubt. However, I do not recall the US declaring that it would have no further interest in independent countries after the cold war. In fact, after the soviets could no longer sustain it's 'ideological colonialism', the US had a free hand to pursue it's aims of global domination unopposed. I think there is ample proof that they continue to do so. If anyone can show me a document or declaration which states that' the US is renouncing it's desire to influence other nations with regard to the US itself benefitting', I would like to see it.

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