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Originally posted by 888heaven
Quote: Let's not get all political here, the guy is a loose cannon, any man who uses Biological and Chemical weapons on his own people and the Kurds killing upwards of 500,000 has serious issues.
| Scotty
Didnt our government test secret biological programes on our troops at Portendown and what about the nuclear testing in the Pacific.
Unfortunately History has a nasty habit of repeating itself one of the main underlying reasons Hitler failed to overthrow Stalin was his Generals lack of understanding of the people liberated from Stalins yoke had they not treated them to the same or worse brutality that Stalin had dished out they may well have joined the Germans in greater numbers but instead joined partisan movement just the same as is happening in Iraq.
I have no gripe with our armed forces and for what they have to do I wouldnt for all the tea in china.
Yes we should have finished it the first time and had Margaret Thatcher still been in charge she would have told the Yanks to keep their nerve and finish the job but unfortunately we had John Major the wet weekend.
And we must not forget that this was all before
Osma Binladen where there is now a cause to fight for against the infidel.
the bottom line is we had no mandate this time or has now been shown no WMD,all we have this time is the sad loss of our own troops and a uknown number of innocent Iraqis blown up by car bombs which they never had when SH was in charge,they also had food and good medical care before sanctions.
ian. |
Im no expert but I believe that the incidents you refer to was (Porton Down), which was carried out on British troops, maybe a few hundred or even a thousand, distasteful as it was is insignificant to the mass murder by Saddam & his cousin Chemical Ali.
The rights or wrongs of the second Gulf war can be argued but there can be no doubt that Iraq and its neighbours are better off without him. Its a shame that he wasnt eliminated earlier.
Whats the point about all the history, it happened, I think comparing Saddam with Hitler or any other past mass murderer is a waste of time they were evil - end of. But for the future maybe crackpot dictators like Mugabe might think twice before going too mad because he knows that if he oversteps the line someone like the UK or US might step in and fire his sorry ass.
Personally (IMHO) once the decision has been taken to go in, as a country we should wholeheartidly support our "Troops" anyone who doesnt should be ashamed of themselves and consider whether they want to be in our "team"
And for those history buffs further up the post dont for get its poppy time !!