27th March 2003, 10:17 AM
Quote:Originally posted by A Black Falcon
To Bush helping the people of Iraq is just a side benefit of going in there... like Afghanistan. We went in there to kill Al-Quaida... and the Taliban since they refused to give up Al-Quaida. But to get even better ratings on the war suddenly it became about "freeing the Afghanis from the evil Taliban"... that would have worked, if it hadn't been so obviously clear that NO ONE cared about the Afghanis until we wanted to go in there... I mean, the Taliban had been in power doing their stuff for most of a decade...
Five years. They were in there five years. Came to power in 96, died off in 2001. Just because freeing them wasn't the main objective, and never was, doesn't understate the relevance of it. We could very, very easily have gone in there, guns a-blazing indiscriminantly, and we still would have toppled the Taliban. And now you see us in Iraq, taking the greatest care to preserve the nation's infrastructure and being very careful to avoid civilian casualties. We have no obligation to do that, other than base morality. We could easily drop MOABs and Daisycutters all over Baghdad and flatten the entire city if we so pleased, which would ensure beyond any doubt that the regime is dead. But we aren't. Freeing Iraqis from Saddam's clutches is not our main objective, but it most certainly IS an objective, and one of considerable importance. Not to mention, life will become even better for them afterwards, as the sanctions will be lifted. This war was begun to preserve our interests, but it will also be the best thing that ever happened to those people, and you cannot say otherwise with any credibility.
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