American use of depleted uranium and effects on the Iraqi civil population

**Teutone** · 02-22-2022, 05:37 PM

This was post 1st Gulf war and Pre Bushs illegal wars that made it even worse.

**Teutone** · 02-22-2022, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Colonel Frank Grimes

But, you know, weapons of mass destruction, and, like genocide and stuff...

The weapons of mass destruction gotta be there still, hidden somewhere.

I cant believe that western media and politicans would lie to start devastating wars.

**JosephK** · 02-22-2022, 05:55 PM

I guess that's why it's a bad idea to encourage war, like Saddam Hussein and Zelensky. A decent leader would avoid having to be invaded. Everyone already knows that war is bad.

**JosephK** · 03-09-2022, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by Teutone

The weapons of mass destruction gotta be there still, hidden somewhere.

I cant believe that western media and politicans would lie to start devastating wars.

Yeah, let's not forget, if any of you even knew, that in 1998 President Clinton was ready to send ground troops into Iraq under the same pretense, that Saddam was hiding WMDs. Eventually Saddam caved and let the UN in, so we didn't go. A few years later Bush sent me to Baghdad, and yes, we were indeed looking for evidence of WMDs, I provided security (as an infantryman) for several searches by the search teams. I've seen weapons with the UN barcodes on them showing that they'd been inspected. And we searched for what we thought were labs for WMDs. Whether or not there actually ever were WMDs seems to have mattered little.

My point is that, like Zelensky, Saddam Hussein was given opportunities to avoid war, but they didn't take them, and created the mess they got into.

**~~soonhope~~** · 03-09-2022, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by JosephK

Yeah, let's not forget, if any of you even knew, that in 1998 President Clinton was ready to send ground troops into Iraq under the same pretense, that Saddam was hiding WMDs. Eventually Saddam caved and let the UN in, so we didn't go. A few years later Bush sent me to Baghdad, and yes, we were indeed looking for evidence of WMDs, I provided security (as an infantryman) for several searches by the search teams. I've seen weapons with the UN barcodes on them showing that they'd been inspected. And we searched for what we thought were labs for WMDs. Whether or not there actually ever were WMDs seems to have mattered little.

My point is that, like Zelensky, Saddam Hussein was given opportunities to avoid war, but they didn't take them, and created the mess they got into.

You soldier usa

**JosephK** · 03-09-2022, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by soonhope

You soldier usa

I was yeah.

**~~soonhope~~** · 03-09-2022, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by JosephK

I was yeah.

Have you ever killed an Iraqi? If you did, does your conscience hurt?

**JosephK** · 03-09-2022, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by soonhope

Have you ever killed an Iraqi? If you did, does your conscience hurt?

Haha, generally if an Iraqi were wounded or killed, it was because he tried to kill one of us, or other Iraqis. We finished our mission quite early in 2003, Saddam was gone, we thought we were going home. But then people started attacking and killing us as well as their own neighbors. Next thing you know, we had to stay and try to protect innocent Iraqis from their neighbors who, apparently, didn't understand that we would leave if they stopped blowing up and killing people. Well, as you know, that never happened.

In other words, I have no reason to have a hurt conscience.

**~~soonhope~~** · 03-09-2022, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by JosephK

Haha, generally if an Iraqi were wounded or killed, it was because he tried to kill one of us, or other Iraqis. We finished our mission quite early in 2003, Saddam was gone, we thought we were going home. But then people started attacking and killing us as well as their own neighbors. Next thing you know, we had to stay and try to protect innocent Iraqis from their neighbors who, apparently, didn't understand that we would leave if they stopped blowing up and killing people. Well, as you know, that never happened.

In other words, I have no reason to have a hurt conscience.

1.5 million Iraqis were killed and you don't feel any remorse as far as I can tell. Well done cowboy, you did your duty, now Iraq is the most developed country in the world lol

**JosephK** · 03-09-2022, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by soonhope

1.5 million Iraqis were killed and you don't feel any remorse as far as I can tell. Well done cowboy, you did your duty, now Iraq is the most developed country in the world lol

You are under the impression that Americans killed 1.5 million Iraqis? I explained to you my experience. If you choose to believe propaganda from the side of terrorists, that's your choice, I suppose. I'm fully aware of Turkey's approach to Kurds, so let's not get all "my culture's more morally correct than yours"...