Originally posted by dbates
Was this part of the war in Iraq faked? Did President George W. Bush fabricate the invasion of Kuwait? Funny that no one likes to talk about this
point anymore. On January 12, 1991 after approval from Congress, the United States along with several UN allies, invades Iraq and retakes Kuwiat.
Critics stomp their feet in disgust when President Bush leaves Saddam in power in Iraq. Some of the same critics who are today criticizing our removal
of Saddam from Iraq.
How Nice that You mentioned Kuwait.
Remember how Taliban were fighting side by side with Americans in Afganistan? Wa both agreed on that. But do you also remember when the Iraq-Iran War
broke out, and the US Supported Iraq VERY MUCH, so that they could win against Iran, which is much bigger and had better Chances of Winning. IF the US
would not Help Iraq, Iran would prevail in the Middle East, and that SURE was not fitting the American Plans in this Area. Imagine that Afganistan
would be occupied by Russians and Iran had won the war with Iraq? That sure would bring a much different picture of Middle East Today. Anyway at that
time Saddam has proved to be a Full Time ALLY of the United States and they sold him Weapons and Technology.
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Donald Rumsfeld meeting Saddam on 19 December–20, 1983. Rumsfeld visited again on 24 March 1984; the same day the UN released a report that Iraq
had used mustard and Tabun nerve gas against Iranian troops. The NY Times reported from Baghdad on 29 March 1984, that "American diplomats pronounce
themselves satisfied with Iraq and the U.S., and suggest that normal diplomatic ties have been established in all but name." NSA Archive
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BUT then the Soviet Union Collapsed and the Soviet Threat in the Middle East was gone. Iraq had won the War with Iran and there was no more threat
from the Sunni led Iranian Threat. And everything that happened after that was TAILOR MADE for the Foreign Policy of United States in the Middle East
and its Imperialistic Wishes here.
Kuwait was always part of Iraq - actually part of Province of Basra - not until, ofcourse, the British Empire created their Protectorate in 1899. But
only in 1946 when enormous Oil reserves were discovered Kuwait gained the Strategic and Economic Location in the Middle East and was ALWAYS protected
by the Greedy West, who wanted their Influence first and ofcourse OIL. Saddam bursted that Bubble of Western Infulence by Invading Kuwait. The small
oil-rich country quickly became the Tool of US led Campaign to Weaken Iraq and create a US Military Foothold in Middle East once and for all.
Iraq also complained that the Kuwaitis were stealing Iraqi oil by using slant drilling technology into the gigantic Rumaila oil field, most of which
is inside Iraq. Kuwait also refused to work out arrangements that would allow Iraq access to the Persian Gulf. In May of 1990 at an Arab League
meeting, Saddam Hussein bitterly complained about Kuwait's policy of "economic warfare" against Iraq and hinted that if Kuwait's over-production
didn't change Iraq would take military action. Yet the Emir of Kuwait refused to budge. Why would an OPEC country want to drive down the price of
oil? In retrospect, it is inconceivable that this tiny, undemocratic little sheikdom, whose ruling family is subject to so much hostility from the
Arab masses, would have dared to remain so defiant against Iraq (a country ten times larger than Kuwait) unless Kuwait was assured in advance of
protection from an even greater power - namely the United States.
deoxy.org...
The rest was not the War to Liberate Kuwait, but the War to DESTROY IRAQI REGIONAL POWER and a War to start perament US Military presence close to the
Oil Rich Reserves of Middle East. Bush Senior REALLY wanted this War to begin, so he again, LIED to the World:
The Bush administration lied when it stated on August 8, 1990, that the purpose of the U.S. troop deployment was "strictly defensive" and
necessary to protect Saudi Arabia from an imminent Iraqi invasion. King Hussein of Jordan reports that U.S. troops were actually being deployed to
Saudi Arabia in the days before Saudi Arabia "invited" U.S. intervention. Hussein says that in the first days of the crisis Saudi King Fahd
expressed Support for an Arab diplomatic solution. King Fahd also told King Hussein that there was no evidence of a hostile Iraqi build-up on the
Saudi border, and that despite American assertions, there was no truth to reports that Iraq planned to invade Saudi Arabia.
On September 11, 1990, Bush also told a joint session of Congress that "following negotiations and promises by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein not to
use force, a powerful army invaded its trusting and much weaker neighbor, Kuwait. Within three days, 120,000 troops with 850 tanks had poured into
Kuwait and moved south to threaten Saudi Arabia. It was then I decided to act to check that aggression."
However, according to Jean Heller of the
St. Petersburg Times (of Florida), the facts just weren't as Bush claimed. Satellite photographs taken by the Soviet Union on the precise day Bush
addressed Congress failed to show any evidence of Iraqi troops in Kuwait or massing along the Kuwait-Saudi Arabian border. While the Pentagon was
claiming as many as 250,000 Iraqi troops in Kuwait, it refused to provide evidence that would contradict the Soviet satellite photos. U.S. forces,
encampments, aircraft, camouflaged equipment dumps, staging areas and tracks across the desert can easily be seen. But as Peter Zimmerman,
formerly of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in the Reagan Administration, and a former image specialist for the Defense Intelligence
Agency, who analyzed the photographs for the St. Petersburg Times said:
We didn't find anything of that sort [i.e. comparable to the U.S. buildup] anywhere in Kuwait. We don't see any tent cities, we don't see
congregations of tanks, we can't see troop concentrations, and the main Kuwaiti air base appears deserted. It's five weeks after the invasion, and
from what we can see, the Iraqi air force hasn't flown a single fighter to the most strategic air base in Kuwait. There is no infrastructure to
support large numbers of people. They have to use toilets, or the functional equivalent. They have to have food.... But where is it?
deoxy.org...
It was never about any Liberation in first or second Gulf War - it was ALWAYS about Regional Power and the US Military Influence in Middle East. Bush
Senior and Bush Junior both wanted Iraq for themselves and they both had Plans to do that long time, before any of the so-called "Reasons for War"
became public.
Always remember, that EVERYTHING in Politics is FILTHY and ROTTEN to the Core. There is nothing Noble or Chivalrous. There is just GREED for Power and
for Money. Nothing More. Nothing Less.
Like Father - Like Son.
[edit on 23/11/05 by Souljah]
I'm not arguing those points. The whole make-up of the middle east is a result of British and American influence. I have no
doubt that oil plays a major role either. The U.S. doesn't send troops to Sudan even though it has lots of terrorist and mass genocide is taking
place there. There's just not enough oil or profit there. 
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I'm dying to know. 
