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Originally Posted by Freaky_Akula
Rochard, you are forgetting that the U.S. continued to bomb Iraq for 10 years after the Gulf War ended. You are forgetting that millions of Iraqis died because of sanctions the U.S. enforced. Half a million innocent children starved to death  |
No, I'm not forgetting that at all and even mentioned it. We signed a peace treaty, and the terms of the peace treaty was violated within the first six months. The peace treaty included no fly zones intended to protect both Kuwait in the south and the Kurds in the North. Iraq started shooting at our planes, and we shot back. A defacto state of war existed, the press barely mentioned it, and the American public generally speaking didn't care.
As for the sanctions, that was up to Iraq, it's leaders, and it's government. When your shooting at American planes, your going to get massive sanctions and worse.