he has no rights
2006-11-21 18:52:15
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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War is an old thing. People have been waging war on each other forever. People don't get the right to do it, they are empowered by their people to do it. That's not to say there aren't reasons for it.
Not a long time ago, Iraq and Iran hated each other. The US was allies with Israel and did not want to see a unified fanatical Islamic union that would threaten our unpopular friends in the region. Iran and Iraq were both looking to build just that kind of union--but at least Iraq's was looking to also add public education, modernization, women's rights, modern medicine, and a western style secular legal system as well. So we backed them at the time--helped them in the war they started with Iran. Then they invaded Kuwait. Granted we probably should have had a greater understanding of things, but it was an ugly invasion fueled by hate and atrocities were happening, so we turned on our friends at the time--not really esteeming them very much anyway and sent our military in to crush their occupying forces.
Turns out that was most of their forces. They no longer had the troops to fight off the Kurds to the north and Iranian fundamentalists to the south. So they turned to inhumane and nasty forms of warfare--chemical weapons and other awfulness. In the chaos, some of the Baath party members had gone nuts and were roving the streets raping and torturing and killing with impunity. It was in many ways our fault, and we decided to put an end to it. We invaded.
The hope of our armies was to set up a scaffold of sorts upon which a noble democracy could be built, but we discovered something unpleasant. Iraq is not one unified nation, but many ethnic and religious groups whose natural inclination is to annihilate one another--feelings squashed by a strong dictatorship but which are running amok now. The Kurds want their own country, which they have long been denied. The Iranians want another Islamic theocracy. The Sunnis and Shiaites want to purge each other. The Baath party members want revenge. Everyone hates the US because they wrongly believe we want to take over. Everyone hates Israel because that's what Arabs love to do.
So its a mess. The intentions were good, but the people we saved are killing their own best leaders and are utterly uncooperative. Foreign terrorists are coming into the country to blow themselves up--either to gain the glory of God or loads of money for their impoverished families, or both.
2006-11-21 06:09:44
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answer #2
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answered by Grimcleaver 2
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The Democrats are contemplating of returning the draft to have some soldiers sent to Iraq as support for Bush.
2006-11-21 05:56:07
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answer #3
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answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7
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I doubt your figures and opinions are accurate.
Do more research using more varied sources.
Return to this site in six months.
2006-11-21 05:56:35
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answer #4
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answered by Rickard 3
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I have 15 acres. I figure you're buying.
2006-11-21 06:40:52
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answered by kitty fresh & hissin' crew 6
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looks like you made up those numbers
2006-11-21 08:14:22
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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