Phew, thank goodness that bad man Saddam is gone. (And he really was an evil bastard, don't get me wrong.) I mean he tortured people and used cruel, non-conventional weapons against those who opposed him.
Oh, but wait a minute, what's this? The United States has been torturing people. And it used white phosphorous (think modern napalm) against civilian men, women and children , despite denying this repeatedly.
Children? Children? What the fuck are these idiots playing at? How exactly does burning children to the bone win hearts and minds?
The Americans have no idea what they are doing in Iraq. Rather than protecting the civilian population, they treat everyone as a jihadi and would sooner wipe out a village to kill one sniper than expose their own troops to any risk. This is called "force protection". The British Army learned hard, bloody lessons in Northern Ireland and exercises more restraint.
No wonder Iraq has descended into civil war.
And the answer to this mess? Go back in time and don't invade Iraq in the first place.
Don't like Saddam? Go back in time and don't arm and fund the vile, murdering swine in the first place.
Don't like those answers? Tough. Learn the lesson. And the next time some venal politician tells you: "He's a Hitler, he's got superweapons that will kill your mum," don't believe them.
Iraq is already embroiled in a civil war. Bush and Blair's mad crusade has made Iraq a Jihadi Recruiting Centre and soldiers and civilians will be paying the price in blood for years.
White phosphorous on children? Torture centres around the world?
Yeah, we're the good guys. Pass round the white hats...
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I take back a lot of what I said, or at least the overall sentiment. It took me a while to catch up on the news. I didn't click all the links.
I glean that, in fact, the US Army are using these tactics as standard, and that the man at the top actually endorses them...
So yeah, it's plain sick. Atrocious. Inhumane.
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