he's dead???????
oh wow this is all getting to me ...just a shock. on the 30th??? i haven't been paying any attention. I thought it was in 30 days.....oh right....jesus!
Posted 12/30/2006 at 3:52 PM
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Apparently they did. So now one of the world's most infamous dictators is dead...but at what cost?
The Shiites are most certainly celebrating this. Having been persecuted under Saddam's brutal rule, they can now enjoy a newfound sense of liberation. But the Sunni's aren't going to be so happy. Historically, the Sunnis and Shiites have been fighting over the interpretation of Islam. Throughout history they waged war - once they were using swords and arrows. Hundreds of years later, they're still fighting - now with AK-47's and car bombs.
During the first Gulf War, George Sr. purposely pulled the troops back, even as they waited outside of Baghdad, easily able to move in and take out Saddam. But George Sr. made a smart decision - in allowing Saddam to remain as dictator, power in the middle east was balanced.
But George Jr. decided to be a tactical idiot. He went in and ousted Saddam! So now we have a chaotic region, where two groups freely fight each other, with the Kurds in the middle of it all. Worse yet, the US has lots of troops in Iraq, being targeted probably by both sides in the end. When you have a tumultuous event such as the death of Saddam, people get pissed, people shoot each other, and war breaks out.
The US will be caught right in the middle of this war - that means one, we'll have to increase troop count to sustain ourselves. With recruitment rates at an all time low, that means one more thing: a draft. Meaning able bodied males who are old enough to fight such as I will be sent to the front lines. Naturally this worries me a bit.
Worse yet, to the east of Iraq lies Iran, a state that is starkly against the US. If they decide to come in and stir things up...then chaos will turn into disaster.
The Shiites are most certainly celebrating this. Having been persecuted under Saddam's brutal rule, they can now enjoy a newfound sense of liberation. But the Sunni's aren't going to be so happy. Historically, the Sunnis and Shiites have been fighting over the interpretation of Islam. Throughout history they waged war - once they were using swords and arrows. Hundreds of years later, they're still fighting - now with AK-47's and car bombs.
During the first Gulf War, George Sr. purposely pulled the troops back, even as they waited outside of Baghdad, easily able to move in and take out Saddam. But George Sr. made a smart decision - in allowing Saddam to remain as dictator, power in the middle east was balanced.
But George Jr. decided to be a tactical idiot. He went in and ousted Saddam! So now we have a chaotic region, where two groups freely fight each other, with the Kurds in the middle of it all. Worse yet, the US has lots of troops in Iraq, being targeted probably by both sides in the end. When you have a tumultuous event such as the death of Saddam, people get pissed, people shoot each other, and war breaks out.
The US will be caught right in the middle of this war - that means one, we'll have to increase troop count to sustain ourselves. With recruitment rates at an all time low, that means one more thing: a draft. Meaning able bodied males who are old enough to fight such as I will be sent to the front lines. Naturally this worries me a bit.
Worse yet, to the east of Iraq lies Iran, a state that is starkly against the US. If they decide to come in and stir things up...then chaos will turn into disaster.
Posted 12/31/2006 at 6:11 PM by blackhawk789
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