Author Topic: CNN Breaking News: Iraq! (Read 1702 times)

Pissed_Macman · « **Reply #45 on:** 19 January 2003, 15:50 »

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Originally posted by Nobber:

Isn't the US the only country in history to have used a nuke in anger?

While most western countries would apparently have little to fear from a US packed up to the eyeballs with nukes and so on, other countries will understandably not feel so secure.

The US didn't use those nukes at the end of WWII in anger! It was a desperate attempt to get Japan to give up. If we hadn't nuked them who know how much longer the war would have dragged on?! Those nukes actually probably saved lives.

Other countries really should have no fear of being nuked by us, unless they nuke us first, of course. Bush can't even sneeze without talking it over with the UN. Remember how difficult it was just to attack Iraq (which never happened because they had to talk it over and over and over again with the UN)? The US would never nuke anyone without the UN backing them, and the UN seems like it's a bit too hesitant about everything to even come close to backing the US in that case.

[ January 19, 2003: Message edited by: Macman, Crusader of Justice ]

Nobber · « **Reply #46 on:** 20 January 2003, 02:27 »

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Originally posted by Macman, Crusader of Justice:
Those nukes actually probably saved lives.

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Other countries really should have no fear of being nuked by us, unless they nuke us first, of course.

Substitute "attack(ed)" for "nuke(d)" in that sentence, though, and it becomes false. At least, that's what history tells us.

Pantso · « **Reply #47 on:** 20 January 2003, 04:07 »

Politics is all about maintaining a very delicate balance of interests and this is what you must keep in mind. Do you really believe that the U.S are about to throw Saddam out of Iraq just because he's an insane dictator or because he carries nukes and chemical weapons? I don't think so. If that were the case, then why did they support him in the 80s against Iran and Homeini?

Pinochet was a dictator too in Chile but then again the US didn't seem to bother when he squashed his political opponents like bugs and commited his own share of crimes against humanity. As a matter of fact, it was the US who brought him in power and helped him assasinate Alliente.

There are plenty of examples like the above that can prove you wrong in case you believe in this "fight against terror" utopia. What I'm trying to say is that you all should look a bit deeper. What does Iraq have that would be of interest to the mighty U.S.A? Yep, you've guessed right: Oil. Who's standing in their way? Saddam Husein. What do we do? Wipe him out of the face of the planet. That simple.

Saddam Husein is a lunatic and a fanatic, no question about that. After all, he always was (even when he enjoyed full US support).

O tempora, O mores.

Pantso · « **Reply #48 on:** 20 January 2003, 04:10 »

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Originally posted by void main:
We (the US) only get a tiny percentage of our oil from Iraq so that's a bunch of nonsense.

True but just because you don't have full control of Iraq's oil (a coincidence?)! BTW, do you know that at this rate the US oil supplies will run out in 10 years from now more or less (another coincidence?)?