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Yeah, the problem with democracy is that there’s too much democracy
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hugopal One of the key things in matters such as this though, is for various strategic and PR related reasons a government is simply not able to be open and transparent with the public as to the what and why of their exact involvement in certain wars.
This one of the things that surprises me.
The other thing about this is: have you ever tried bringing it up with someone in the military? Like an officer / lieutenant or squaddie level. Their narrative is totally different / many would leave if they believed what we are often are found to have really been doing. They believe it’s all always honourable at the time.
The whole Iraq thing was shameful. Attacking a country that has done nothing to us (and wasn’t going to)
They were going to attack our allies in US with weapons of mass destruction Nas.
Smallman1 just checking if you’re being serious / don’t know the whole story yet, or if you’re cracking a joke that I’m too tired to pick up on?
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What’s interesting about the Iraq invasion is Saddam’s role in it i.e. that he didn’t think it possible that the CIA was unaware that he didn’t have WMD and didn’t comply with inspections because he thought it was a ruse to invade. Steve Coll (author of Ghost Wars) wrote about it recently.
Not to mention how it reverberates to recent years from ISIS to Iranian proxies.
NasserAlazzawi Their narrative is totally different
You get to choose the flavour of your KoolAid.
Saddam should never have tried to de-dollarise petrol. Or Gadaffi. This was their crime
What’s going to happen now the BRICS have given the USA and dollar the biggest fuck you in history remains to be seen.
A good friend of mine’s father was Saddam’s eye surgeon.
Tru fax and yes I will say KLANG.
Smallman1 and what an eye surgeon he was! Might’ve wanted to go to Specsavers himself…
