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Re: Iraqi forces losing 'will to fight' against ISIS
You make some good points. I think we chose Iraq not only because of Saddam's crimes against humanity but also their failure to comply with regulations set forth by the UN. Of course, the White House and Congress believed there were WMD's, and since Saddam already used gas, why wouldn't he have used those.
As far as Saudi Arabia, at the very least we shouldn't be trading with them because of their treatment of women. But of course we do need oil to keep our economy and military going.
Btw, does it bother you that people volunteer in our country to fight evildoers like Saddam, and if so why? I mean, Iraq so far has been far from a success, although I don't believe a total failure yet, but they have taken out Saddam and his family and have killed tons of terrorists.
So how do we pick and choose who to help? I think Saudi Arabia is awful and treat women like animals...in public. Where are the troops to assist them? Saddam, gassed his people, but Saudi Arabia tortures people daily with the lashings, stonings, etc...while the Saudi's cheer it on like barbarians. The warlords in Africa kill and maim everyday...and zero intervention from any countries. The ME is on the other side of the globe and the chances of them rolling up on American shores is zero to none. They would not get within a 100 miles before they were intercepted. The ME knows nothing but corruption, violence and extreme religion and that will never change. If we wipe out ISIS another will take its place and we will be in a constant war. The US needs to concentrate their efforts closer to home...such as the Mexican border. The Cartel proposes more of a threat to our way of life than any other evil element out there and we do nothing about it. The Cartel is alive and well in the US...drugs that are poisoning our neighborhoods pours across the border every day as well has human trafficking. Why don't we liberate, Mexico, our neighbor from the Cartel?
Other countries in the ME have funded terrorism for years...just to keep them out of their backyards. They fund terrorism while we use tax dollars to fight terrorism. It doesn't make sense any more to help them. It also doesn't help the perception of Americans when other ME countries sit back and watch ISIS slaughter thousands of people. This is their war, not ours.
You make some good points. I think we chose Iraq not only because of Saddam's crimes against humanity but also their failure to comply with regulations set forth by the UN. Of course, the White House and Congress believed there were WMD's, and since Saddam already used gas, why wouldn't he have used those.
As far as Saudi Arabia, at the very least we shouldn't be trading with them because of their treatment of women. But of course we do need oil to keep our economy and military going.
Btw, does it bother you that people volunteer in our country to fight evildoers like Saddam, and if so why? I mean, Iraq so far has been far from a success, although I don't believe a total failure yet, but they have taken out Saddam and his family and have killed tons of terrorists.