Quote:
|
Originally Posted by August
So you think 9-11 caused the Iraq war? Not 12 years of violated cease fire agreements, not Saddams own declarations that he had wmd and intended to use it, not correcting the wrong done to the Shiites and Kurds when we encouraged them to to revolt against Saddam in '91 and subsequently abandoned them?
|
K, none of those are in any way irrelevant, but you can't deny that the guys in the White House were itching to attack Iraq from day one. And 9/11 provided a major boost - public support for overseas military action.
Remember what Rumsfeld said on the day?
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Donald Rumsfeld
Is there any way we can pin this on Iraq?
|
9/11 did not cause the 2003 war, but I doubt the war would have gone ahead otherwise.
Quote:
|
You can play the blame America game all you want but you cannot ignore the fact that the great majority of violent Iraqi deaths before AND during this war have been at the hands of other Iraqis.
|
It's very easy to blame America for the deaths during and after the war. It's just not very helpful.
Oh look