Syria's Chemical Weapons Came From Saddam's Iraq

cow451 said:

He wasn't going to actually do anything, which is now clear. Most liklely, had we left well enough alone, Iraq would've been part of the "Arab Spring".

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BluhdoftheLamb said:

You're being very silly. The bias is to believe they actually have nukes. What evidence is there that they do?

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Touma said:

"Ethnic cleansing is the process or policy of eliminating unwanted ethnic or religious groups by deportation, forcible displacement, mass murder, or by threats of such acts, with the intent of creating a territory inhabited by people of a homogeneous or pure ethnicity, religion, culture, and history. Ethnic cleansing usually involves attempts to remove physical and cultural evidence of the targeted group in the territory through the destruction of homes, social centers, farms, and infrastructure, and by the desecration of monuments, cemeteries, and places of worship."


And yes, I can provide loads of support to show how Israel is doing this. Do I think they are incompetent? No. I think they are very wise. If you overtly say "hey we have this final solution to remove the Palestinian menace from these lands that we want to claim as our own", you will indeed have the entire world down your throat. But if you slowly encroach on their land over decades, it doesn't get as much attention, due to the short attention span of the human mind.

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Yoder777 said:

Since Georges Sada claims to be a leading Christian leader in Iraq, he'd be a huge hypocrite if he were lying about Saddam's weapons.

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Hostility between Syria and Iraq started in the 1960s when both were ruled by the Baath Party. Syria closed its embassy in Baghdad after Saddam Hussein took power in 1979. Later, Syria joined the anti-Saddam coalition that liberated Kuwait from Iraqi occupation in the 1991 Gulf War. Up until the renewal of diplomatic ties in 2006, Iraqi leaders often accused Syria of trying to destabilize their country by allowing Sunni Arab foreign fighters to cross the border Iraq shares with Syria.

Relations with Syria have been marred by traditional rivalry for pre-eminence in Arab affairs, allegations of involvement in each other’s internal politics, and disputes over the waters of Euphrates River, oil transit fees, and stances toward Israel. Syria broke relations after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990 and joined other Arab countries in sending military forces to the coalition that forced Iraq out of Kuwait. Relations remained cool until Bashar al-Asad became President of Syria in 2000.

Iraq–Syria relations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Touma said:

"Ethnic cleansing is the process or policy of eliminating unwanted ethnic or religious groups by deportation, forcible displacement, mass murder, or by threats of such acts, with the intent of creating a territory inhabited by people of a homogeneous or pure ethnicity, religion, culture, and history. Ethnic cleansing usually involves attempts to remove physical and cultural evidence of the targeted group in the territory through the destruction of homes, social centers, farms, and infrastructure, and by the desecration of monuments, cemeteries, and places of worship."


And yes, I can provide loads of support to show how Israel is doing this. Do I think they are incompetent? No. I think they are very wise. If you overtly say "hey we have this final solution to remove the Palestinian menace from these lands that we want to claim as our own", you will indeed have the entire world down your throat. But if you slowly encroach on their land over decades, it doesn't get as much attention, due to the short attention span of the human mind.

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Chris81 said:

What you mean Saddam would have been thrown out of power and in his place would have been an Islamist style government masquerading as a democracy? How is that outcome any different than what Iraq already has?

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