Iraq being 60 percent Shia is why bush* took America into a war.

[JasonDeter]

After listening to Kay speak his propaganda to the American people and give political cover to bush* and his cabal I have come to the conclusion they 'knew' the saddam regime was going to fall and did not want it to fall into the Iranian leaning Shia populations hands. They had to take over Iraq. If that is the case does that make it acceptable?

[wysi]

1. What do you think the sanctions were for?

Keep the people weak (and unable to organize and fight) and prop up the regime.

[MasonJar]

2. Acceptable? Surely you jest.

[DuctapeFatwa]

3. No, and no. The regime does not know Shia from Shinola.

the regime's plans for securing the natural resources in its properties around the globe have always included Iran as well as Iraq.

google Mossadeq

[Djinn]

4. NO!

for the same reason that when it looked like Bush might win an election, the rest of the world, knowing he was a dangerous fool, would not have been justified in invading the US, destroying your infrastructure and killing thousands of your citizens.

If the Iraqi's, in the majority, want a Islamic based government, the US has no right whatsoever to impede that.

The kind of thinking that holds that the powerful have a right to decide "what's best" for the rest of the world is part of what drives the violent reaction to that imposition

[alcuno]

5. If Europe had known the US was going to fall into Republican hands

should they have intervened? Wait. Don't answer that.

[number6]

10. pre-emtive strike

:evilgrin: yes

[leesa]

6. Iraq "floating on oil" is why * started a war.

No other reason. Any rationalization is only to make us good christians feel good about stealing their resources.

[Hamlette]

7. I don't think because of the Shia, but I do think they knew no WMD

They would have waged a different war if they were "certain" Saddam had WMD. IMHO.

Of course, I have NO idea whey we invaded Iraq.

[cheapbeemr]

8. Makes sense

Along with the House of Saud about to fall, the Wahhabi radicals in charge. So you could postulate the real urgency for going to war now was if Hussein was about to collapse with Iraq's Sunnis then joining with Iran, and we simulataneously lose our bases in Saudi Arabia - you then have 2/3rds of the world's oil controlled by two nations ruled by opposing radical Islamic sects. And the US no longer has a military presence in the region. (Not that we're entitled too especially.)

Makes a lot of sense.

[JasonDeter]

9. I'm going to bookmark this and we'll know within 6 months.

And you've added some more evidence. We'll see.