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Re: American Support (General Discussion)
Re: American Support // General Discussion
Mar 11, 2003, 2:16am
I knew all that, but thanks for enlightening those who didn't. Point still
stands. The coalition will be the one who will be fighting this war if it
happens. They're not asking Kuwait or Saudia Arabia to, like we did when we
gave weapons to Saddam and Bin Laden. They're doing it themselves.
SW Chris
[View Quote]"ananas" <vha at oct31.de> wrote in message news:3E6B2B0E.E6BFCFC at oct31.de...
> You need to know where this war back then came from.
>
> The US and England (if I recall correct) installed and supported
> a regime in Iran that the Arab people did not accept. They called
> Khomeini back and sent Rezah Pahlevi to hell - the Sheik who's dad
> has been an enemy of the US and who spent most money for himself
> and nothing for the population, who ignored religion and tradition
> of Iran.
>
> Iran has been economically blocked, people started to starve there,
> the press showed how bad the conditions are since Khomeini took
> his place. I was believed everything I have seen in the press back
> then, not understanding the backgrounds - and I hated Khomeini.
> Today I think many might have starved because of the blockade, not
> because of Khomeini.
>
>
> The same Saddam Hussein who is now the leader of Iraq has been the
> leader back then too. He has not been even a little bit better
> than now but has been supported, which caused even more hate in
> this region - hate against the "western world".
>
>
> What makes people think it might work better this time? The scenery
> is not so much different and the experience should show that the
> same mistake should not be made again.
>
>
> Unfortunately all the old experts for near east politics are not
> active anymore, it would be interesting to hear what they think.
>
>
> Like Saddam Hussein, Bin Laden has been supported too, against the
> USSR - and it backfired too. The crisis Pakistan/India/Bangladesh
> is a result of "western world" interactions in their region too.
>
>
> If "we" (the western world) do not keep our fingers out of "their"
> politics - except beeing asked for economical and humanitary (sp?)
> support - the hate will not end.
>
> "Their" hate feeds "our" hate and vice versa. This is a thing that
> will not change with the time if the actions stay the same.
>
>
> I am not a history pro and have always been bad in history at
> school, this is from my memory and from what I have been reading
> so I might miss some facts. But this is how it looks to me -
> including the influence of media and potential lies of course.
>
>
> sw chris wrote:
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