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Apr 30 2009, 02:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 89 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 649,565 |
i just wanted to know why you all think it started.
being that I was only eleven or twelve when the thing began, I don't really know about alot of the politics at the time, but I think that one of the reasons the american people got into it so quickly was simple bloodlust. basically, they bombed our towers, so we want to retaliate. looking back on it, i think it's totally ridiculous that we went into a war that would lead to thousands of deaths, the destruction of multiple arab cities, not to mention tons more debt. besides that, we didn't even know the right person to attack when this thing began. 9/11 was horrible, but the decision to rush into battle was just brash and ill-planned. |
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Mar 22 2010, 07:02 PM
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Vae Victis Group: Official Member Posts: 1,414 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 460,227 |
By the way, as for "rushing" into it, Clinton had already passed the Iraq Liberation Act in 1998 stating that it was the policy of the United States to support regime change in Iraq. Bombing had been going on throughout the '90s, as well (see Operation Desert Fox).
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