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Is the world a better place without Saddam Hussein?

Is the world a better place without Saddam Hussein?


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The USA is a dangerous country.

It has a habit of invading other countries which are no real threat to the USA.

It is the only country on this planet to have ever used nuclear weapons.

Which is one reason why some countries see having nukes as a good thing.

Think about it.

*Sigh* We are dangerous.

Well, for some of us it's not so much about the US.

Everyone remembers the a-bombs. We learned about it in elementary school. Nobody forgets. This "debate worthy fact" is already incorporated into the perspective of every person capable of reading this website.

Everyone sees having nukes as a good thing. It prevents invasion.

Thought about it, no nukes for the Iranian regime.
 
We BUY our oil. We don't have free access to Iraq's oil fields. Iraqis should take advantage of their oil, but they are too disorganized and at odds to come together and get anything accomplished. They could be a very rich country if they could get it together.
 
We BUY our oil. We don't have free access to Iraq's oil fields. Iraqis should take advantage of their oil, but they are too disorganized and at odds to come together and get anything accomplished. They could be a very rich country if they could get it together.

We buy oil in dollars that we print. The only currency oil is traded in. He wanted to move to a basket of currencies.
 
No. We get oil cheaper than water. That is cheap.

Nope, we don't have free access to Iraq's oil. Sorry you're wrong.

Snip~ Do oil and Islam mix? Several prominent Iraqi exiles have tentatively endorsed a plan from the U.S. designed to give Iraq's vast oil reserves to "the Iraqi people." The plan defines oil as a government asset, but recommends sharing production with foreign oil companies in exchange for development costs. Now many scholars of Islamic law (Shari'a) say the U.S. plan inadvertently (or perhaps cunningly) delivers a more "Islamic" arrangement than the one followed in supposedly Islamic Saudi Arabia.

Where the U.S. plan intends to give ownership to a democratically elected government, the Saudi royal family collects all revenue and administers it on behalf of the kingdom. Some Islamic critics, following edicts that say buried treasures, like gold and salt, should be shared among the people, claim the Saudi royal family has grabbed too much oil booty for itself. Critics of the U.S. plan, however, say the proposed production-sharing say arrangements don't meet Shari'a edicts requiring compensation to be defined before work is carried out.

The issue is significant, because although strict conformity to Shari'a is not needed, it could help win hearts and minds. But it isn't clear-cut: Shari'a legal opinions regarding oil vary, not only among the four schools of Shari'a jurisprudence, but even within them. — By Steve Zwick


Read more: Who Owns Iraq's Oil? - TIME
 
No problem.

Seriously.

The only person that never makes a mistake is the person who never does anything.

Always try to do the right thing, and whatever happens, happens.




"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

Been there. Done that. No regrets.



Very nice. :)
 
We buy oil in dollars that we print. The only currency oil is traded in. He wanted to move to a basket of currencies.

Who cares? He burned down his country. He coulda switched to flowers and peas, and that would not have changed anything for the Iraqi people nor ended the genocide and starvation he wrought. There was no money, or much of anything else, left in Iraq - he spent it all on rape palaces and war.
 
Nope, we don't have free access to Iraq's oil. Sorry you're wrong.

Snip~ Do oil and Islam mix? Several prominent Iraqi exiles have tentatively endorsed a plan from the U.S. designed to give Iraq's vast oil reserves to "the Iraqi people." The plan defines oil as a government asset, but recommends sharing production with foreign oil companies in exchange for development costs. Now many scholars of Islamic law (Shari'a) say the U.S. plan inadvertently (or perhaps cunningly) delivers a more "Islamic" arrangement than the one followed in supposedly Islamic Saudi Arabia.

Where the U.S. plan intends to give ownership to a democratically elected government, the Saudi royal family collects all revenue and administers it on behalf of the kingdom. Some Islamic critics, following edicts that say buried treasures, like gold and salt, should be shared among the people, claim the Saudi royal family has grabbed too much oil booty for itself. Critics of the U.S. plan, however, say the proposed production-sharing say arrangements don't meet Shari'a edicts requiring compensation to be defined before work is carried out.

The issue is significant, because although strict conformity to Shari'a is not needed, it could help win hearts and minds. But it isn't clear-cut: Shari'a legal opinions regarding oil vary, not only among the four schools of Shari'a jurisprudence, but even within them. — By Steve Zwick


Read more: Who Owns Iraq's Oil? - TIME

We set up the monarchys.
 
We set up the monarchys.

It will certainly be interesting to observe and see what happens in regards to human rights and other such issues in the future with the Muslim Brotherhood running the show in Egypt now, don't you think? We'll see.

ALL countries have to do some unsavory things and deal with some bad people at times. That is life here on earth.
 
We still do. They just live in other countries.

What are you referring to now? Sweat shops? Yes, that is due to those countries own lack of regulations.
 
What about collectivization in the USSR? China's Great Leap Forward? China's Cultural Revolution? The Cambodian killing fields? :cool:



Bad.

Worse.

Worser.

Worst.
 
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We set up the monarchys.

Some countries are just not capable of setting up their own governments. We HAVE to step in and do this from time to time. We aren't perfect at it by any means.
 
Exactly. All we are seeing is other countries adopt the tactics of the agressor , but don't tell anyone here that because they like to live in the illusion this is Mayberry, RFD...........................

Good evening, Bonz.

Lately, it seems that illusion is preferable to reality! It appears that DC lives by that credo...ignore it and maybe it will go away..... :thumbdown:
 
Who are the US slaves living in other countries?

Those living under monarchies and dictatorships we set up and sponsor. Microsoft and Nike and Apple favorites that use slave labor.
 
Global is worse than Saddam?



Bad is bad.

Some countries are worse than others.

I include the USA in this.

No country has a totally clean record.

They have all done some bad things.

Read a little history.

It's all a matter of degree.
 
Those living under monarchies and dictatorships we set up and sponsor. Microsoft and Nike and Apple favorites that use slave labor.

And why don't those countries have regulations against such things?
 
We bribe them. If they don't take the bribe they know we aren't afraid to bomb.

DUH! It's because their leaders are greedy and they want money. US corporations aren't the ONLY ones to take advantage like that. Look at China! This is the fault of their own governments.

Perhaps the United States should just run the world. :2razz:
 
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