Originally Posted by Duff Man
I someone flies an iraqi painted plane over a no fly zone in the US, we are going to shoot the shit out of it...in fact, it wouldn't even make it far enough to reach our fly zone skies, and it would be shot down over the ocean and no one would even hear about it.
It was a plan to provoke an individual that was already intimidated by an individual/individuals that disagree with him.
Tony Blair and George Bush knew what would happen, and they basically poked the stick at the slow kid, knowing that he's gonna rebutle. They took advantage of something that should never have even been an issue...was it just convenient? We were just...well...in the area? "Hey, I was in the neighborhood so I thought I'd just drop a visit!"....
You cannot be serious in believing this.
US & coalition planes flew in the no-fly zones as part of an agreement with Iraq to end hostilities at the end of Gulf War 1. They had the right to be there. And the reason they were set up was so that Saddam could not bomb his own people in the north and south of Iraq. Further this plan was put into place long before Gulf War 2 and was not a plan to provoke Saddam. It was a humanitarian plan to protect defenseless individuals in Iraq.
If we are going to debate the facts lets stick to historically factual evidence. Not something contrived to benefit your own POV and argument. Using these false facts to prop up your argument only makes it weak and easy to deconstruct.