We delivered Iraq from tyranny, but in doing so killed a MILLION innocent Iraqis because of our unwarranted actions. That's why it's illegal, that's why it's INHUMANE. Because of our being there we've killed 10 times MORE people than Saddam ever did. We drove 3 MILLION people out of their country into refugee camps.
WE didn't kill a million innocent Iraqi's - Al Qaeda did, the insurgence did, the terrorists did. You point the finger at the wrong party here. You could blame America for Al Qaeda's presence in Iraq - and you would be correct, however Al Qaeda's success can be attributed to the Iraqi's themselves. If the Iraqi people rose up against the terrorists killing their brothers and sisters (which they are doing more and more of late) then Al Qaeda wouldn't have the effectiveness they have now.
But collateral damage does not make a war "illegal" - especially when that damage comes from the opposition and not the American military.
Iraq is number one in the world for the MOST widows in the world. This is what we delivered to Iraq. It now has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world...10 years ago Iraq LEAD the Mid-East. This it the liberation that my people have been so generously been bestowed.
The illiteracy in Iraq was rising in the 90's due to sanctions against Saddam, sanctions put in place because of SADDAM's actions. I also find no internet support for your claim that Iraq is number one in the world for widows. But yes, in the short term Iraq has and is going through hell (a hell that has been prolonged, to an extent, by the Iraqi's and their government's own failings after the war) but the Iraq that will emerge will be a beacon in the middle east if America is allowed to ensure that Iraq is not overcome by Islamic extremists - the reason we MUST stay in Iraq until Iraq. If we leave and allow Iraq to come under siege by the likes of Al Qeada - all the suffering and death has been for nothing.
Have you ever spoken to an Iraqi...besides my "out of touch" self? Cause I can get you in touch with a thousand if you're so bold and we can ask them whether or not they'd ask for your type of "liberation" or Saddam. Seriously, you're interested in politics. You know a guy who knows a guy with close ties to a senator. Get to know some Iraqi-Americans, and get their views on this war.
I have not personally talked to an Iraqi American - but I do know that it was Iraqi refugees in America that fully supported the war against Saddam. They wanted us to come in and take away Saddam. They wanted Iraq liberated - it was well documented. They were in the streets in this country celebrating when Saddam fell.
Also, ALL these facts of this war are ignoring the fact that we decimated the country prior to this INHUMANE war with horrifically brutal US-lead sanctions that from 91-98 killed 500,000 CHILDREN.
Those deaths are on Saddam's hands - not America's (or more realistically, the UN's). Saddam could not be allowed to hold his country at ransom to prevent his evil acts to go unpunished - which is exactly what you are doing. We are damned if we retaliate to Saddam's actions, WE are held responsible instead of the evil tyrant. Thats not realistic.
To simply ignore these number is cruel, irresponsible and sadistic. In America we lost LESS than 3000 people on 9/11. 3000, that's it! Yes, it's a tragedy. Yes, it was a cowardly act of indefensible proportion - see as a Muslim I can admit that. You on the other hand refuse, over and over, to acknowledging the fact that ONE MILLION people have died in 5 years (that's 9/11 EVERY MONTH!). THREE MILLION are out of country refugees because of a war built on LIES, deception and fabricated material.
I hate the amount of innocents caught up in this war - but it is just that a war. A war where the overwhelming majority of collateral damage has come from the terrorists that have targeted civilian death. I have never denied the loss of innocent life in Iraq, nor the extent of it - I simply do not see America as the evil force that is orchestrating it, because its not.
What MORE do you need than a report from the PENTAGON investigating 600,000 documents that showed NO credible link between AL-Qaeda and Iraq, which was the very foundation, given by the Bush administration, for this war as it was a part of, supposedly, the "war on terror."
I KNOW there is no credible link between Al-Qaeda and Saddam - I have said that.
So, stay with me here, if the reasons we went to war were groundless and based on lies (the PENTAGON says this NOT me) what would that war be called other than illegal and inhumane given the astronomical HUMAN (remember these are people...I know many of you consider Muslims and Arabs scum, but these are PEOPLE NOT beneath your value) loss.
So who needs the check on reality here?
How dare you accuse me of not caring about the death of innocents based on their race or religion? It is my position that the death of American troops is worth freeing an entire nation of Muslims and Arabs.
This war is not illegal and the inhumanity of this war can be attributed to Al Qeada, can be attributed to Iran, can be attributed to Arab and Muslim neighbors - not America.
You seem to rather attack America, a country that spends more in foreign aid, does more humanitarian work, leads the world in goodwill. You try to paint this President as evil, but he's not - he has done more for Africa than any other President, he's trying to create a Palestinian state, he's not the boogie man looking for the remains of burnt Iraqi children to eat.
