'655,000 Iraqis killed since invasion'

[bogeyman]

enjoys golf, having shot multiple holes-in-one during his first try at the game on PyongYang's par-72 international golf course.

Is that unusual then?

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[Joe Black]

Interesting point.

I remember seeing the Berlin wall come down and thinking "Oh God! Now we'll have some tulipe going down".

The Soviet Union, like Saddam, kept a lid on all kinds of simmering racial, territorial and religious hatered.

'Freedom' to these nutjobs just means they are free to go on a killing spree and massacre their neighbours.

And?

As I suggested it comes down to a judgement call. It's difficult to say what might or might not have happened if he was simply left to his own devices.

Speculation aside, Saddam being mortal it's certain that one day, just like Tito, his reign on things would no doubt have come to an end, and then what?

It wouldn't ever be "our problem", just like this one wasn't.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Neither did Kosovo or Somalia

Oh and if Iraq was all about oil then why havent the prices come down since we supposedly control all them lovely oil fields now!

Mailman

ps. Sorry for being late

You might be late but nevetheless incorrect once again.

Kosovo and Somalia interventions were the result of a progressive and enlightened US Foreign policy under the Democrats.

The Republican Foreign policy is an absolute shambles.

They have only intervened where it was profitable for the Oil Industry and the interests of Millitary Industrial complex and the Washington Israeli Lobby.

Look at the progress Clinton made with the Middle East Peace Process compared to the reckless approach by the Republicans who helped to arm Israel in their botched Lebanese War.

Furthermore one reason that North Korea has become so volatile is a consequence of the Axis Of Evil speech.

NK was placed on that list so that it was not apparent that Bush was targetting only contrys in the Middle East who had Oil and Muslim populations.

NKs reaction to the destruction of Iraq was a determination that they would not meet with a similar fate.

Hence the rapdi developemnts of the Nukes,and the US is too afraid now to attack.

No Oil there MailMan and nor interest from Tel Aviv either.

Another fine mess Mr Bush.

No wonder Colin Powell descibed these incompetents as 'crazies' ....

[Joe Black]

Kosovo and Somalia interventions were the result of a progressive and enlightened US Foreign policy under the Democrats.

Surely the enlightened policy is to let them all kill each other then there's fewer of them to come here?

[wendigo100]

Surely the enlightened policy is to let them all kill each other then there's fewer of them to come here?

Joe, that is a very good point. It is nature's way.

[wendigo100]

It wouldn't ever be "our problem", just like this one wasn't.

Home Secretary Jack Straw told BBC One's evening news: "We've already taken almost 10,000 refugees from Kosovo, the second-highest number of any of our EU partners, and we stand ready to take some thousands more."

You can see from this how our borders ended up in the mess they are now.