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CPT Pedro Meza
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We trained Saddam and his ARMY, armed them too, I was a FA instructor in the 1980's. Any way in the middle east you need one strong man to keep the crazies in place, other wise you have one strong man setting the crazies free..
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SCPO Joshua I
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Some cultures can't handle democracy.
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CPT Pedro Meza
CPT Pedro Meza
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SCPO Joshua I - It is not the culture, it is the location, based on nature land can only sustain a certain size of life, which means that all living creatures fall under the law of nature/natural resources. Animals die off and know ones stops to think why, but with humans our culture here in the US which is based on Christian/Jewish in a large land that is fertile for now we apply our beliefs and expectations on people fighting to survive in a hostile land. Democracy can only exist only on lands where humans have sufficient natural resources.
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SCPO Joshua I
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The problem in the ME isn't lack of natural resources.
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CPT Pedro Meza
CPT Pedro Meza
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SCPO Joshua I - Natural Resources is what the land provides for food and water, which is what sustains life. In the Middle East a large land with not enough water and food sources human there have to fight to survive, so the rule of the Strong Man to maintenance control/order and the use of religion to either support such a ruler or remove the Strong Man and replace him with Religious Strong Man is the same. Put your self on a ship with out a rudder and no propulsion and running out of water and food and no help in sight.
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CPT Jack Durish
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I'm beginning to think that Trump could win this election if he just shut up and never said another word. Every time he opens his mouth he subtracts something from the sum total of human knowledge. Saddam wasn't killing terrorists, he was killing his enemies; Kurds, Iranians, et al. And I wish I could never hear another word about WMD's. The first Gulf War never ended. It was suspended in a cease fire to allow inspectors to satisfy themselves that Saddam was not creating a new weapons capability that would allow him to return to aggression. Saddam, with the aid of France, Germany and Russia, reneged on that cease fire agreement and, under international law, resumption of hostilities was legally authorized. So, Trump is wrong. Bush was justified but not wise. Obama hasn't a clue. Hillary is bat guano crazy and criminal to boot. I wish we could jail the whole lot of them and start over.
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Sherry El Dora Trinity
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More then you would ever know about how much secret damage the Bush reign did on the US foreign relations.
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SPC K Webb
SPC K Webb
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I'm sure the current clown carnival can Compare.
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