Doody said:
I am guessing you have no idea how things are over there. I was in Iraq from March through August. Here are some things about Iraq the media has NEVER told you.
Every family (mother, father, brother sister, grandparents uncles and aunts) in Iraq has had a member beaten, put in prison or killed via Sadam. A man in Al Mahmuduyah who spoke decent english told me this.
Sadam told his people that the Americans would kill their babies when we moved in. A woman broke down after one of my soldiers played with her son at a check point. That soldier had a new born back in the states that he had not seen.
80-90% of the people in Iraq support Sadam not being in power. The other 10-20% are the people who benefited from Sadam being in power.
This info was given to me by an Iraqi man at wal-mart.
You cannot deny that Sadam is guilty of crimes against humanity. He authorized the killing of anyone who was against him. He gased the Kurds, made any body who protested his rule "disappear". The last I knew the mass graves were in the 10,000's. How can you say this war was not justified? I know the world hates the US, but why do they have to stick up for Sadam to show they are against the US. I will laugh at the ignorance of anyone who says the world is worse off now that Sadam is gone. If anyone is going to be mad about the war it should be me. I spent 11 months away from home and my life was put in danger so there would be a free Iraq. And after all is said and done, I fully support our actions over there
Hi Doody, I guess I am one of those people who has no idea what it really is like in Iraq.
You are are a very brave person who has had to put up with a hell of lot in carrying out your Governments wishes.
I suppose one thing about having a democracy is that we have a free press that sometimes manipulates news and doesn't always get things right.
How long to do you think most US voters will keep supporting the US military in Iraq?
Do you think the US is safer now after the US ousted Saddam?
Do you think the Kurds, Sunnis, Shiites, Turkamen, etc will be able to hold a stable democratic government together after the US soldiers have left Iraq?
I agree with you that Saddam has committed massive crimes against humanity and deserved to be removed (but with UN backing).
It is a pity that Bush didn't have the guts in the beginning to use "the crimes against humanity" excuse to kick out Saddam.
Extending your argument a little, Bush, Blair and Howard should now get involved in another war in Sudan where crimes against humanity are occurring right now. The conflict between Muslims of African and Arabic descent threatens to turn Dafur (West Sudan)- a region as big as France- into a vast slaughterhouse. At least 10000 people have been killed in the conflict, up to a million are desperately trying to escape it and, with the rainy season closing in, up to 350,000 may die of starvation.
:lol: Catch you later Doody.