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minus-squarehopesdead@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoDidn’t that actually happen (not the Blackrock part)? I thought it came out in a Congressional hearing that there was oil which motivated the whole thing. The U.S. went in to find WMDs but after many years could not find evidence of any.
minus-squareMDCCCLV@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 hours agoIt was just because W wanted to finish what his dad started and remove Saddam. There was no exit plan or grand strategy.
minus-squarehopesdead@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoThat doesn’t necessarily mean Saddam wasn’t bad, but why not let the citizens of Iraq decide that?
minus-squareMDCCCLV@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoAs a dictator he weaponized his ethnic minority to violently oppress the majority. The people in Iraq had no say.
minus-squarescott@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoAs though Americans are in any position to judge.
Didn’t that actually happen (not the Blackrock part)? I thought it came out in a Congressional hearing that there was oil which motivated the whole thing. The U.S. went in to find WMDs but after many years could not find evidence of any.
It was just because W wanted to finish what his dad started and remove Saddam. There was no exit plan or grand strategy.
That doesn’t necessarily mean Saddam wasn’t bad, but why not let the citizens of Iraq decide that?
As a dictator he weaponized his ethnic minority to violently oppress the majority. The people in Iraq had no say.
As though Americans are in any position to judge.