Okay so i had this random thought today, its ****** like most of my thoughts but i thought i would write it down.
In 1990/91 Iraq invaded an oil rich country. The country happened to be Kuwait. Some say that this invasion was obviously for the wealth that Kuwait represented but also to get the Iraqi populations mind off the poor economic, social and political problems that Iraq was facing.
Saddam also blamed Kuwait for the problems facing Iraq, saying that they were keeping oil prices down by over production and by taking over oil production in Kuwait they could put prices at a reasonable level thus improving quality of life for his fellow country men and the people of Kuwait.
Twelve Years Later
Now in 2003 the US invaded an oil rich country. This happened to be Iraq. Some say that this invasion was obviously for the wealth that Iraq represented but also to get the Americain populations mind off the poor economic, social and political problems that the United States was facing.
President G.W.Bush also blamed Iraq for the problems facing United States, saying that Iraq had WMD and threatened the security of the nation, and that by invading Iraq he would be improving the quality of life for his fellow country men and the people of Iraq.
Side note
Oil and story aside i would like to point out that:
US killed an estimated 75-100,000 Iraqi troops and 13,000 Iraqi civilians in 1991 with another estimated 70,000 Iraqi civilians dead due from war related damage such as damage to medical facilities and water and power grids. When US tried it in 2003 they killed 6,000-7,000 Iraqi troops and caused around 10-13,000 Iraqi civilian casualties.
When Iraq has killed 148 US troop killed in combat in first Gulf War, and 679 deaths in combat in second Gulfwar.
The thing is, in trying to force freedom on the Iraqi people the United States has got almost as much blood on its hands as Saddam. No wonder why they are not happy with us, getting rid of Saddam was a good thing but killing an estimated 200-250,000 Iraqis out of 22 million. According to the US department of state Saddam has killed anywhere from 340-390,000 Iraqis. http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/19675.htm, the US is catching up.
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. -Friedrich Nietzsche
Edited, Mon Aug 2 03:05:26 2004 by bhodisattva