Saddam had complete freedom to move his operatives in and out of his country; he still maintained embassies in many countries including the United Nations in New York. The flow of weapons was unrestricted via Syria and Jordan, and he was helping (by sending expertise) to Libya on their weapons programs. Bin Laden was only supported directly by other Islamic fanatics, Sadam had support from the same, in addition to many western countries.
Osama bin Laden received CIA training. Osama bin Laden was a guest of the Taliban, who was at the time the government of Afghanistan, and who refused to turn Osama bin Laden over to our little shindig. Osama bin Laden still had support from Saudi Arabia, and loads of money.
Saddam Hussein had been defeated, had had no-fly zones put on his country, and his OPERATIVES, Mr. Red Herring, could have had telekinetic abilities for all I care, because we were talking about Saddam himself specifically and Osama himself specifically.
I guess I won't ask you to prove all your claims about the flow of weapons and Libya, even though I should.
So you can find experts who are dumb enough to believe that if Saddam approached the Taliban or al Alcada with chemical or biological weapons, that they would be to high principled to take up his offer? Well, Kerry’s advisors aside I would like to find a "real Expertâ€.
Here's a large hint: Saddam Hussein was the leader of IRAQ, not Afghanistan. This is a mistake I was kidding you about before, a mistake you have made twice now. Saddam Hussein would not strike from Afghanistan since he had absolutely no control over Afghanistan whatsoever.
Ah, but I see what you are implying. Unfortunately, that, too, is wrong. You see, next door in Pakistan there was a Dr. Khan who, instead of handing out lollipops, handed out nuclear secrets with each visit. (Yes, I know Khan wasn't that kind of doctor.) So why would Osama or the Taliban or al-Qaida go to Saddam Hussein for anything, when they had ties with Pakistan and Dr. Khan, and by some CIA accounts, still do?
So the 30 some odd countries are worthless? It would make all the difference if Germany and France were with us? I agree with Bush that the situation called for being tough. 12 years of sanctions and 16 resolutions had no effect on Saddam.
Most of the countries that are in the coalition are worthless militarily, yes.
Having a multi-country military proved to bad during Gulf war I. You get things done faster and with more coordination using one primary force from one country. Sorry, but thats what the evidence shows.
In what way? In the sense that the multi-country military succeeded in ousting Iraq from Kuwait? Or that it won the Gulf War?
In fact, Corplinx, the evidence from the last 100 years shows that having a multi-country military is SUPERIOR to having one primary force. Look:
Major wars where there was a multi-country military: WWI, WWII, Gulf War
Result: victory, victory, and victory
Major wars where the US was the primary force: Korea, Vietnam, Iraq war
Result: Draw, loss, and "mission accomplished" (wink)
If anything, the alliance building talk is based on historically proven facts. If anything else, I find it hard to believe that you could fit so many things up your ass, much less pull them out in one post, Mr. Corplinx.
Iraq owed France 33billion dollars; do you think that had any influence on their unwillingness to invade?
Let me put it this way: no.
France to forgive some Iraq debt
From CNN Correspondent Jim Bittermann
Monday, December 15, 2003 Posted: 8:19 AM EST (1319 GMT)
PARIS, France (CNN) -- France is willing to work with Iraq to forgive some of its debt, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin says.
All totaled, Iraq owes foreign governments around $120 billion. France is one of Iraq's major debt-holders, but just how much debt the country would be willing to forgive was not disclosed Monday.
De Villepin specifically referred to $19.8 billion owed to the so-called "Club of Paris," a group of first world nations that have loaned Iraq money in the past. Of that total, $3 billion of the debt is owed to France.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/15/sprj.irq.france.debt/
By the way, did you catch that last figure? Here it is again :
Of that total, $3 billion of the debt is owed to France.
It's just $3 billion. Would you like to just go ahead and admit that you make everything up in your posts?
