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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Exactly what
	Date:	3/10/2009 4:42:58 PM

We didn't have terrorist cells in Iraq -- that is until Al Kayda went there to fight us in Iraq. Face it, Iraq didn't pose a threat to us. Afghanistan, yes; northern provinces of Pakistan, yes, even Sudan. I mean if you want to squint hard, you could say that Saudi Arabia is training terrorists in those fundamental schools; their people contribute to fundamentalist organizations and their government refuses to publically take a stand. But, they are regarded as friends and an ally of the US. I mean almost all of the 9/11 terrorists were Saudis, yet we didn't invade Saudi -- because Saudi is fundamental to US National Security.

As far as women's rights -- we didn't do a thing for the Iraqi women. They've always had more freedom than say in Afghanistan or Saudi. They are considered moderate for Muslims in their view of women.
Now, did they have human rights issues? You bet they did, but then so does most of the rest of the world including the US. But then, I've never thought that human rights issues were a reason to invade other countries. If the US did, then we would have invaded Africa, China, Burma, Saudi etc long ago.

Anyway, the plan was always for us to cruise through Iraq, being greeted with happy throngs and dancing children to sweep through Syria and Iran. Demented thinking. And I'll bet if you asked the average Iraqi on the street today, they would probably tell you that life is worse for them now, and they would like us to leave. Don't mistake photo ops for the will of the people.

I think that Colin Powell was right when he told Bush, "you break it, you bought it" about invading Iraq.
And don't forget it was Bush who decided they were a part of the "axis of evil". Once he said that, don't you think they were perhaps wise to try to seem bigger than they were.

BTW, you do know that Pakistan used chemical and biological weapons in the Bangladeshi wars, don't you? Yet they are a "trusted" (i.e. convenient) ally of the US.