The UN sanctioned the US invasion of Iraq despite the fact that weapons inspectors said there were no WMD. The inspectors were right. No WMD were ever found but Iraq was already littered with depleted uranium ordinance dropped in the first Gulf War. The UN by sanctioning the attack on a sovereign nation now has the responsiblity to clean up. The UN should be rounding up all the bad guys, especially the big political players & trying them for War Crimes.
Sydney Morning Herald reported on October 5, 2002 "Taha Yasin Ramadan, Vice President of Iraq, a military figure not known for his sense of humour proposed that Saddam & George W Bush fight to the death. He said that "he and Dick Cheney should be on stand-by as seconds in case both leaders should die together and that United Nations Secretary-General Koffi Annan be referee."
It is a great shame that George W was too cowardly to take up that serious offer. George W Bush could have been a hero and perhaps even a saint. Millions of Iraqis would now not be dead, or maimed or refugees. Iraq would not be in a shocking mess. The families of many American soldiers would not be grieving for their sons & brothers & friends. Now Moslems worldwide now have a bloody good reason to hate America.
Sydney Morning Herald reported on October 5, 2002 "Taha Yasin Ramadan, Vice President of Iraq, a military figure not known for his sense of humour proposed that Saddam & George W Bush fight to the death. He said that "he and Dick Cheney should be on stand-by as seconds in case both leaders should die together and that United Nations Secretary-General Koffi Annan be referee."
It is a great shame that George W was too cowardly to take up that serious offer. George W Bush could have been a hero and perhaps even a saint. Millions of Iraqis would now not be dead, or maimed or refugees. Iraq would not be in a shocking mess. The families of many American soldiers would not be grieving for their sons & brothers & friends. Now Moslems worldwide now have a bloody good reason to hate America.
Friday, February 20, 2009 01:47 AM ET
Original article: Will Obama cave on Bush-Cheney terror policies?
The number of US fighters killed in Iraq since the invasion is a drop in the bucket compared to the Iraqis killed as a direct result of the US invasion of Iraq. George W Bush may have ridden rough shod over the American people but that's nothing compared to the havoc he has wrecked internationally with the backing of the former Australian PM John Howard, dubbed 'man of steel.' Howard was dumped resoundingly in general elections by the Australian people.
ABC News [Australia] reported January 31, 2008 - 'more than one million Iraqis have died because of the war in Iraq since the US-led invasion of the country in 2003. A fifth of Iraqi households lost at least one family member between March 2003 and August 2007 due to the conflict - data compiled by London-based Opinion Research Business (ORB) and its research partner in Iraq, the Independent Institute for Administration and Civil Society Studies (IIACSS). The study based its findings on survey work involving the face-to-face questioning of 2414 Iraqi adults aged 18 or above, and the last complete census in Iraq in 1997, which indicated a total of 4.05 million households.' Further to that - ' The highest rate of deaths throughout the country occurred in Baghdad, where more than 40 per cent of households had lost a family member.'
In May 2008 Amnesty International 'estimated 4.7 million Iraqis' had been displaced. Millions have fled into neighbouring countries. But the good news for Americans is that Iraqi oil is flowing. I wonder who is siphoning off the profits.
George Bush has blood on his hands but he doesn't care. After all he is invincible. He was blooded on hero comics & he is living out his superhero fantasy. Between 3-4 million people died as a result of the Vietnam War. Americans withdrew only after protests at home about the number of GIs in body bags. Now the US is on the verge of bankrupcy because George has borrowed to finance his fantasy. Most Americans probably don't know that the US spends more on its military budget than every other country in the world combined.
2 of my letters to Salon as crowsfly
ABC News [Australia] reported January 31, 2008 - 'more than one million Iraqis have died because of the war in Iraq since the US-led invasion of the country in 2003. A fifth of Iraqi households lost at least one family member between March 2003 and August 2007 due to the conflict - data compiled by London-based Opinion Research Business (ORB) and its research partner in Iraq, the Independent Institute for Administration and Civil Society Studies (IIACSS). The study based its findings on survey work involving the face-to-face questioning of 2414 Iraqi adults aged 18 or above, and the last complete census in Iraq in 1997, which indicated a total of 4.05 million households.' Further to that - ' The highest rate of deaths throughout the country occurred in Baghdad, where more than 40 per cent of households had lost a family member.'
In May 2008 Amnesty International 'estimated 4.7 million Iraqis' had been displaced. Millions have fled into neighbouring countries. But the good news for Americans is that Iraqi oil is flowing. I wonder who is siphoning off the profits.
George Bush has blood on his hands but he doesn't care. After all he is invincible. He was blooded on hero comics & he is living out his superhero fantasy. Between 3-4 million people died as a result of the Vietnam War. Americans withdrew only after protests at home about the number of GIs in body bags. Now the US is on the verge of bankrupcy because George has borrowed to finance his fantasy. Most Americans probably don't know that the US spends more on its military budget than every other country in the world combined.
2 of my letters to Salon as crowsfly
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