Man on the Fence,
saying that we paid for the furies ( i realise you meant the statement in a broader sense than this ) with 50 lives is perhaps missing the point.
The point of our presence in Iraq was to sort out the WoMD, that was our mandate for been there. The Americans reason was similar but they also said they were going in there topple an evil regime given them a wider mandate. The servicemen who paid with there lives knew what they were doing when they went out there. I’d imagine that these sevricemen would be much prouder knowing that their sacrifice had resulted in peace in that part of the Middle East rather than serving as an excuse for us basically STEALING Iraqi property.
“””””Do I think the Iraqi’s care about them – No they care about nothing but themselves”””””””
be careful not to tar a whole nation with the same brush. You say they don’t seem to appreciate there freedom. Again, a rather wide uniformed generalisation i would say. Many of the people of Iraq will no doubt have grave fears for the future of there country and it will take a while for trust to be garnered by the Western liberators.
best regards steve.
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