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Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
West have benefited by oil, selling more weapons and building the infrastructure back up of Iraq.
OK #1 oil prices have gone up since the war started #2 Selling weapons has hurt us in the past #3 We benefitted by building THEIR infrastructure Maybe some contracted firms have done well in that regard but not our government. #4 Iraq is now closer to Iran politically than it used to be so that in the end is a bad thing IMO they will soon turn into another Syria.

The war in Afghanistan was 100% legal and 100% deserved, Iraq was a rush to judgment but hell me trying to explain that to you guys is just going to get all of us irritated. The battle plans we had never took nation building into account and that was Rumsfeld's fault, every general that suggested that we needed more troops until Rummy resigned got fired.

miles were those million people killed by the US/UK or the enemy? Were they civilians? Were they combatants? What makes it a war crime? Define what is a war crime and I'll tell you of numerous other people that deserve the title far more than Bush or Blair.
Why would oil prices going up be a bad thing for the people behind the war? Do you honestly think this war was started for the benefit of the American people? When was the last time the US government did something for the benefit of its people?

How will Iraq turn into another Syria? How would you describe Syria from a geopolitical point of view?

What about Bush and Blair actively plotting a preemtive war of aggression? Isn't that a war crime? In 1946 at Nuremburg the US considered that the worst war crime of all, the thing that created all the other Nazi war crimes.