Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Ric, do you honestly believe this?
I don't support any dictatorship, but as Obi Jee said, there is a matter of threat assessement. The United States, a super-power though it may be, does not have unlimited resources or unlimited resolve. The dictator ships of South America don't present a direct threat to the United States, not in the way the Middle East does.
Originally posted by: ricarleite
The only reason for creating wars is economical.
The only reason for creating wars is economical.
Ric, do you honestly believe this?
I don't support any dictatorship, but as Obi Jee said, there is a matter of threat assessement. The United States, a super-power though it may be, does not have unlimited resources or unlimited resolve. The dictator ships of South America don't present a direct threat to the United States, not in the way the Middle East does.
So Saddam was a treat to the United States in which way? Through weapons of mass destruction? How much of a threat to america is Saddam compared to Idi Amin Dada, who would personally torture and EAT the flesh from his enemies and killed 300 thousand people in Uganda? Let's see, Saddam ruling Iraq had a war with Iran, and the US sold him weapons and gave him support. Then he invaded Kwait and the US had economical interests there, so there was the gulf war. Next, on the peak of war on terror, the invasion of Iraq based on non-existant weapons of mass destruction - when South Korea, Pakistan and Iran are posing even greater threat.