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**alfredtaniypnx** · 10-02-2011, 04:31 PM

Well, yea, people were afraid. Afraid of another Al Qaeda strike, just as bad as 9/11. And the Bush admin played on those fears to make a case for Iraq, by implying links between Saddam and Bin Laden and making it seem that as long as Saddam was in power, we'd be at risk of another 9/11. That's how they largely sold the war to people. Without 9/11 (or any other theoretical massive terrorist attack to take its place), do you think it would have been possible to go to war with Iraq?

They certainly used the tools of fear, lust for revenge and patriotism to stop everyone from thinking for themselfs. Basicly they offered very simple solutions for a very complex problems without considering the problems that would result from that. Well... or giving a damn what would happen afterwards.

The fact that they showed total incompetence and delusion about what would happen in Iraq after the war is borderlining crimes against humanity.

10-02-2011, 04:31 PM	#22
alfredtaniypnx Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 389 Senior Member	Well, yea, people were afraid. Afraid of another Al Qaeda strike, just as bad as 9/11. And the Bush admin played on those fears to make a case for Iraq, by implying links between Saddam and Bin Laden and making it seem that as long as Saddam was in power, we'd be at risk of another 9/11. That's how they largely sold the war to people. Without 9/11 (or any other theoretical massive terrorist attack to take its place), do you think it would have been possible to go to war with Iraq? They certainly used the tools of fear, lust for revenge and patriotism to stop everyone from thinking for themselfs. Basicly they offered very simple solutions for a very complex problems without considering the problems that would result from that. Well... or giving a damn what would happen afterwards. The fact that they showed total incompetence and delusion about what would happen in Iraq after the war is borderlining crimes against humanity.
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