Militarists for Peace! - Page 11

BigElCat · #**101** 11-07-2019, 01:53 PM

I stand corrected; not 'exempt' but among the first to be flying when the ban was lifted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahren..._controversies

Pio1980 · #**102** 11-07-2019, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BigElCat

I stand corrected; not 'exempt' but among the first to be flying when the ban was lifted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahren..._controversies

Technically a strategic ally, so awkward to say the least. Our relationship with the Kingdom has always had an awkward aspect, 9-11 compounded it.

JONRID · #**103** 11-16-2019, 06:41 PM

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The USA is ramping up slowly. We're not going to deploy 50,000 troops. Not at the same time. I bet it's going to build to 50,000 by Christmas.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-militar...083000113.html

TRUMP IS PULLING US TROOPS OUT - NOT ADDING TROOPS.

Trump doesn't give a whit about nation building for a bunch of goat herders.

Being a businessman Trump only sees the mid east as a bunch of oil fields. We will send enough troops to protect the oil - that's it, and bring the rest home.

It's Liberals wetting their pants over human rights that think we can turn bunch of tribal shepherds into a democracy.

finnbow · #**104** 11-18-2019, 07:07 AM

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It's Liberals wetting their pants over human rights that think we can turn bunch of tribal shepherds into a democracy.[/COLOR][/B]

Actually, that was precisely the theory behind the NeoCon's "Operation Iraqi Freedom."

BigElCat · #**105** 11-21-2019, 08:47 AM

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Actually, that was precisely the theory behind the NeoCon's "Operation Iraqi Freedom."

It was the NeoCons, but that was more propaganda than theory, IMHO.

When the USA supplied weapons to both sides of the Iran/Iraq War, and I think they realized that our Armed Forces would most likely be facing the 'winner' of that conflict at a later point in time.

Sadam annexed/over-ran Kuwait in a desperate attempt to repay the debt from that war.

I think we wanted to weaken the military powers in that region. For all I know, that might not have been a bad idea.

Pio1980 · #**106** 11-21-2019, 09:04 AM

I suspect our nonresponse to Saddam's gestures to annex Kuwait was intended a green light for the invasion, as a pretext to justifiably make a unified sanctioned military response to decimate and neutralize Iraqi military forces.

BigElCat · #**107** 11-21-2019, 10:15 AM

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I suspect our nonresponse to Saddam's gestures to annex Kuwait was intended a green light for the invasion, as a pretext to justifiably make a unified sanctioned military response to decimate and neutralize Iraqi military forces.

And yet, the Kuwaitis adore us as liberators.

I guess some things are better left unsaid.

BigElCat · #**108** 01-03-2020, 08:00 AM

I said the Iran/US war would kick off in Feburary, 2020. Made the prediction months ago.

The fact we did not do a massive build-up (like prior to Dessert Storm) is not good.

The USA will lose many more troops than the 1100 killed in that war. And that's at the beginning of the conflict. It's going to get ugly.