The Air raids on Iraq in 1998, or the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003?
2007-02-10 19:15:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The most effective measure against Iraq was the ongoing U.N. inspections.
The 1998 raids were a mistake too - Clinton was railroaded into that by the Republicans in Congress (look at the timeline of that debate versus the Lewinsky impeachment and you'll see - both started within two weeks of each other in mid-late January 1998). The tension leading to those raids resulted in the U.N. inspectors being forced out of the country.
2007-02-10 19:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by Mark P 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If Clinton would've had balls, he would have invaded in 1998! He almost did what Pres. Bush did, fulfill on a United Nations resolution! He felt too much political pressure and ordered a weak offensive. The air raids were a response and so was the liberating of Iraq. Pres. Bush did his job and Pres. Clinton peed his pants.
2007-02-10 19:57:37 · answer #2 · answered by rdappa 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Both of them are aggression on the independent state of Iraq to serve Zionism and Israel.Of course invasion was most effective because it destroy Iraq and killed its people and remove Saddam the only brave and honest leader in the Arab world.All of this for the interest of Israel not the USA the people of which is paying blood and money for this dirty war.
2007-02-10 21:31:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that if you invade a country, do so. Accomplish the mission of throwing out the regime which is causing you the problems. Occupation forces always will contend with some sort of insurgency. So why put yourself through that?
Go in, invade, remove the present regime. Leave. Let your enemies fend for themselves. And if the new regime wants to cause you problems, give them the same dose the last regime received. Yes, it's gunboat diplomacy, but that's what they seem to understand in the Middle East.
2007-02-10 19:26:23 · answer #4 · answered by C J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heres my solution kill everyone over the age of 15 in iraq
then we wont have to deal with the old islamic militants that wont even give us a chance to help them...nots like there contributing to society anyway
heres a quote from stalin that applies to the middle east
Death solves all problems...No man no problem -Joseph Stalin-
2007-02-10 19:56:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were for different ends. I think we should build a new Bagdad. And only allow those who pass lie detector tests to go into the New Bagdad.
2007-02-10 19:41:06 · answer #6 · answered by ALunaticFriend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if the air raids had worked, there wouldn't have been an invasion.....
2007-02-10 19:18:45 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
More effective for what? They both served different purposes and were used on completely different missions with no common end result.
2007-02-10 19:23:46 · answer #8 · answered by azhat 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋