should we have kept iraqi oil

[*bfine32*]

(01-26-2017, 07:27 PM)Benton Wrote: I get some in the U.S. were terrified of an army that — at its height — we defeated in a few hours with a fraction of our resources. But going over your list, how many Americans were actually threatened by the guy hiding in his oil well? What justified us dismantling the government, and thereby increasing extremism in the region? Who in Iraq issued the invitation of "come, dispose us of our despot!"

And why did we stop? If that's suddenly our job — ridding the world of crappy leaders — why didn't we invade Russia? Cuba? North Korea? And bill them, of course.

Dang you ask a lot of questions when one gets answered but I will try:

I don't know the numbers of Americans threatened by Saddam Hussan, but I'll put it at a few

Their leader committing crimes against humanity, we are not responsible for the increased extremism

Saddam Hussan invited us with his repeated crimes; I'm not sure they actually have an invitation committee

I'm not sure if you are talking about Desert Storm or Iraqi Freedom when asking why did we stop; you're kind of inter-mingling them here

We don't invade all countries because sanctions are perhaps more effective on poorer countries


I think I got them all.