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Originally posted by Souljah
Ask the Iraqi people, common people, what they know best - and they will answer like this:
"We only know Violence since the Start of this War. And it did not End at all."
Originally posted by Simon666
Most member states wanted to lift the ban when they discovered it only hurt the Iraqi people. The US and UK were to blame for threatening to use their veto to block lifting the sanctions.
Originally posted by Crakeur
if you asked the french during world war II or any other nation that was in the midst of a war that same question and I would guess that all they know is violence. when it is over they might have another answer. War is violent, what else would they know DURING a war? The day you find someone who, during a war in which the fighting took place on their soil, says all he knows is volleyball and cook outs is the day the world ends.
Originally posted by Crakeur
the sanctions didn't work because the UN and many of the council members that imposed the sanctions were working the oil for food scandal.
Originally posted by Simon666Bull#, the sanctions didn't work because the concept alone of making the people pay for their unchosen leader, hoping that would push them over the edge to depose him, is rotten from the core.
Originally posted by Simon666
Since the US is also a member nation of the UN, and a powerful veto entitled one, that also includes the corruption of the US.
Originally posted by XphilesPhan
Ok, first off souljah you need to open a history book and put the liberal crap your reading away. Bush sr did not start the first gulf war, it started when saddam invaded kuwait. You seem to be in favor of a continuing struggle in iraq?
The reason there are more terrorist attacks is because they are sliping accross the syrian border and fighting in iraq.
[edit on 28-6-2005 by XphilesPhan]
Originally posted by Thomas Crowne
So what? More deaths have occured in Iraq because of people trying to juggle chainsaws than by American troops! If the reporter can throw out baseless statements, I can, too. You cannot dispute my baseless assertion because you do not know for a fact how many people have been killed by chainsaw juggling.