Originally posted by EliteAccord
Kuwait is our ally. Iraq invaded Kuwait. Therefore Iraq has invaded our ally. I can't explain it any simpler then that.
That was in 1991. That conflict is over.
Was your dad Franklin D Roosevelt? Then you don't know if the USA knew what Hitler was up to. Just more of your speculation.
I do this thing called "study history."
Saddam and his entire regime is a potential threat. If you have watch the news lately they killed Chemical Ali. He fired chemical weapons against the Kurds. If he did that to his own people what do you think he wouldn't do that to the Americans?
You said it yourself: Saddam is a potential threat.
Terrorist has no headquarters. Its not like they have a building that says Al Qaeda Terrorist and you can call their customer service.
The point is that there are still no major Al Qaeda operations in Iraq. While it is true that they don't have a central headquarters, a substantial majority of their resources, camps, etc were in Afghanistan.
Don't get hypothetical speculation and an example mixed up. If you knew English and can read. For example and hypothetical speculation is two different words with different meanings.
You presented an example that was hypothetical and speculative. With all of your your improper grammar and foblish you are not going to win an argument over semantics with an English major.
Like you said Saddam is bad. We supported him in the 80's cause the USA didn't know Saddams future plan. Just like you said we didn't know Hitlers plan. What could we of done? He turns around against the USA. That goes to show there is relationship between the USA and Saddam.
The fact that we didn't know Hitler's plan has nothing to do with whether or not we knew Saddam's plan in the 80's. He was just as much of a tyrranical dictator then as he is now. The only difference is that in the 80's he was fighting a war with Iran and we didn't like Iran. All he did with Kuwait was continue to fight with other countries in the region but picked one we liked instead of one that we didn't; and that was in 1991.
It isn't like the USA is a bully just looking to pick a fight with whoever is nearby.
Iraq isn't what I would call "nearby."
Just because England and the USA was at war with each other in 1776 doesn't mean we can't be friends now. Just because we were allys with Saddam in 1980 doesn't mean we can't be enemies now.
There's no comparison between England and the American colonies in the 1700s and Iraq and America in the past 20 years. None.