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Topic started on 4-12-2008 @ 05:43 AM by budski

The world's most heinous crime


www.cnn.com
CNN found that intervention is often weighed against political and economic costs.

Declassified U.S. government documents show that while Saddam Hussein was gassing Iraqi Kurds, the U.S. opposed punishing Iraq with a trade embargo because it was cultivating Iraq as an ally against Iran and as a market for U.S. farm exports.

According to Peter Galbraith, then an idealistic Senate staffer determined to stop Hussein from committing genocide, the Reagan administration "got carried away with their own propaganda. They began to believe that Saddam Hussein could be a reliable partner."
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reply posted on 4-12-2008 @ 05:54 AM by 44soulslayer
reply to post by budski



Well said.

History is clearly repeating itself with Saudia Arabia.

In 20 years time, when oil runs out and the USA is no longer under the thumb of the Royal house of El Saud... and when the industrial-military complex needs another war- we know where its going to take place.

If the neo-cons really believed in interventionism for global security, Saudi Arabia would be a dust bowl right now and Iran would be left well alone.



reply posted on 4-12-2008 @ 06:12 AM by pause4thought
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Bravo. An eloquent expose of the mantra-like "we're fighting for peace and democracy" used by the PTB to give an air of legitimacy to their self-interested foreign escapades.

Genocide only becomes an issue when it can be used as a convenient sound-bite.


reply posted on 4-12-2008 @ 07:10 AM by pause4thought
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Hi Kailassa. Despite the fact your avatar makes me feel distinctly giddy you raise some pertinent (and highly disturbing) issues. Do you have any links that provide evidence / discuss the points you raised?


reply posted on 4-12-2008 @ 07:43 AM by budski
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The massive oil and gas reserves in Kurdistan have been known about as an untapped source for a number of years - this is one of the main reasons why Saddam wanted to quell opposition and talk of independance in the area.

The scale of the reserves was unknown, but they knew they were potentially huge.

Did the CIA back the genocide?
Who knows - but I wouldn't be surprised.......


reply posted on 4-12-2008 @ 07:48 AM by pause4thought
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That would be one of the sickest conspiracies of all time.

But when you mention 'oil' there is a twisted logic to what you say. SURELY not?!


reply posted on 4-12-2008 @ 08:05 AM by pause4thought
reply to post by budski



You are bang on the money. Problem is these facts are so distasteful we don't want to admit to ourselves that our governments are so corrupt.

I suppose we bare a small portion of the blame by not protesting loudly enough against such abuses of power. Power that we gave them in the first place to act in our name, I might add.



reply posted on 4-12-2008 @ 08:47 AM by anonymousATS
Originally posted by budski


This is just a small part of a catalogue of injustice and failure to act where genocide is concerned.

For the sake of SALES and political expediency, hundreds of thousands of people have died.

In the case of Saddam Hussein, it was only when his political usefullness had ended that he was "brought to justice"



The CIA put Saddam in power in the first place.





A justice that was ignored as long as people were making money off him, and as long as he was usefull in his part against Iran.




We sold weapons to both sides in the Iran/Iraq war. We sold direct battlefield intelligence to Iraq. The goal was to keep them both weakened.





Now that he has gone, we are seeing the full depth of antagonism towards Iran - there is no-one left to do the dirty work began at the turn of the last century by the now defunct British Empire, and carried on in the British/US backed coup of 1953, which as ever was about oil.

If ever anyone was in doubt that the western wars were about anything other than money, the released CIA documents will put that belief firmly to rest.



A perfect example of why the NWO must not be allowed to succeed at this point in humanity's development. The resulting corruption would overwhelm us all.




Other examples of non action and non intervention on genocide in the article include; Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Darfur.

Whilst the west spouts about freedom and protection for the rest of the world, people continue to die in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, for the simple reason that the countries where genocide is still taking place have nothing to offer in economic terms and are therefore deemed to be beneath our notice.




These examples notibly excude the carnage of US "foreign policy" in South and Central America. Washington and their CIA buddies excel at overthrowing democratically elected governments, propping up dictators, supporting death squads, disappearances, rape, robbery and theft.

These CRIMINAL actions are well documented. I can't help but wonder how the perperators can freely move about in this country and nobody (yet) has targeted them for prosecution.
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