DamnYankee
No Neg Policy
- Apr 2, 2009
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What we do next with Iraq is crucial for the U.S. The U.S. should use Iraq as a pawn. Turn it into a military country for the U.S. Set up air strips and military bases. Make it a major ally of the U.S. Prepare for future conflicts with other countries.
So how'd that work out last time around?
The crimes of a U.S. ally
It's gonna be better now that Saddam is screwin' all those virgins?
Different situation. We didn't even use them as a military resource. We just wanted them for their oil. It was about the money. We also had just came out of a war with Korea and were getting ready to enter a war with Vietnam. Our military wasn't focused on Iraq as strongly as it is today. Today, things are starting to tighten up around the world. NK is testing nuclear weapons almost every day. They also have captured two american reporters. The taliban is giving Pakistan hell right now. And the situation in Afghanistan is getting any better. But, the U.S. (as of right now) has most of it's military based in Iraq. We also have helped them create a new government and put their old government to an end. Negociating with Iraq right now and asking them if we could set up military bases would be the smartest thing to do.
Apparently we have two different recollections of the SAME HISTORY, despite the fact that a link was provided for you.
Saddam, having shoved aside al-Bakr to become president of Iraq, saw an opportunity to bolster his position. He launched a war on Iran in 1980--a horrific conflict that would cost 1 million lives on both sides over the next eight years.
Concerned with containing Iran, U.S. officials quietly encouraged Saddam's invasion plans through its Middle East allies, such as King Hussein of Jordan. Officially, Washington was neutral in the war, content to see both sides suffer devastating casualties.
But whenever Iran began to gain the upper hand, the U.S. shifted behind Iraq. "While we want no victor, we can't stand to see Iraq defeated," said Richard Armitage--then an assistant defense secretary in the Reagan administration, now a top deputy to Secretary of State Colin Powell--in testimony to Congress.
The crimes of a U.S. ally
Now if that doesn't constitute using them as a military resource, I'm at a loss to understand what you would call it.