Comment Re:Looks Good on Paper But ... (Score 1) 112
>Do you think they didn't know that we had imposed sanctions on their country which meant many of them starved?
No country has a right to do business with the US or whomever. The reason they fought the US's troops after Saddam was caught was because WE INVADED THEIR COUNTRY AND KILLED A COUPLE THOUSAND CIVILIANS FOR THE FUN OF IT AND NO ONE WANTS TO BECOME A SERF IN A CLIENT STATE. See also Vietnam.
I'm so sick of George Bush getting a free pass for invading Iraq because "sanctions are bad mmm'kay." I wont even go into the millions of sanctions success stories. Sanctions do help keep foreign economies down, keep them with shitty old Soviet age weaponry, keep them uncompetitive, keep them from legitizing their rule with shiny western products etc.
Sorry, but if you want to know why Iraqis hate use, maybe it has more to do with the endless shower of munitions sent by GWB and the rest of the pro-war chickenhawks.