comments (snowy) there was a lot of american currency found in iraq. I suspect that not all of it came from the oil for food program. saddam was once a covert agent working with the cia during the war with Iran but once he gassed them the usa attempted to dissassociate with him. point two, the terrorist attacks against the usa was performed by saudia arabians.(the hijackers).
adonrummd
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When we first invaded Iraq, the 4th Infantry Division was supposed to go through turkey to move in from the north. There were approximately 200,000 Iraqi troops north of Baghdad that 4 ID was supposed to contain, but Turkey would not let the US military forces through their land. This lead to the dissemination of the 200,000 soldiers into the population so they could start gorilla tactics.
Also, while I was in Iraq, I heard from civilians there that some of the attacks were staged by business owners so the American forces would stay longer. You may ask why? It's because of all the money and protection we offer them. Yes, I said protection. Believe it or not, we have helped more than the news is willing to tell. News only reports bad things because, sadly, bad things are what keep ratings high.
If we want to change the world, we should start by demanding that news programs stop reporting just the bad and controversial stories, and start reporting more effectively on the good that comes from events. Like thousands of rebuilt schools. We brought water and electricity to people that hadn't had such amenities for over a decade. We repaired, opened, and are operating numerous oil production sites. Last and most important, we brought freedom to almost 80% of the population that Saddam and his party suppressed for decades.
Anonymous
They are partly. What has now come to light is that whilst Saddam was under threat of invasion for ten years after the first gulf war, he may be mad but not stupid, and he knew that he would lose any war militarily.
Therefore for ten years he and his loyalists (Baath party, Sunni elite, and republican guards) have carefully laid the infrastructure for the insurgency, and all of it financed by the United Nations oil for food programme.
They have now been joined by every lunatic fundamentalist hothead from anywhere in the middle east who wants to shoot a brit or american.
A very nasty situation has now developed but interestingly the insurgent casualties are running at a rate of about 75 of them killed for every allied soldier killed, so they are losing fast, and whilst they are all being sucked into the killing ground of Iraq, they are not hijacking planes or blowing up tube trains.
Maybe that was what this was all about after all, a killing ground to suck our enemies into combat, rather than skulking around in our society?
Anonymous
When Saddam was loose Bush said his capture will stop the insurgency
then it was the government's formation
then the parliamentary elections
BUSH: Iraq just wants the occupation to end and the people have spoken (democracy) now just leave!!
Anonymous
I think its other way around. When Saddam was in power, he controlled the whole country. There was peace between all three - sia, Sunni, and kurds. But now he is not in power so all are acting as they want.
He used to punish any kind of insurgency; he punished them to death.
(I have used the simplest words I can)
sire
yeah but think about it if it is them then who is with saddam