reply to post by marg6043
Are you sure you aren't mixing up things just little. Saddam was a Bathist, which means he was a nationalist despite his many faults. He was not a
religious bigot. He was more interested in who challenged his power more than the religion of the person.
But the most telling aspect of your comment is what you admit yourself. You say that there were 1 million Assyrian Christians before GW2 but their
number drastically dropped. There were Muslims in Iraq before GW2 yet the Christians were still kicking. The country was invaded and guess what, a lot
of people died. The Muslim Iraqis didn't suddenly become fundamentalists and there were not enough Al Qaida or Islamic fundamentalists around to do
that much damage.
Most of the fighters were described as 'insurgents' by the US on MSN and were targeting the US so why turn around and start attacking other Iraqis
because of religion? Does not make sense and is really a product of your pre-programmed assumptions.
The only religious aspect to this invasion was Dubya and the Iranians extending their sphere of influence through Shia clerics to cook American
soldiers every time Bush opened his mouth.
