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I faced down 15 cops with loaded shotguns to protest Gulf War 1 Why? Opposition to war in general? As wars go, the Gulf War was pretty close to ideal. One c

by causi 5y ago

I faced down 15 cops with loaded shotguns to protest Gulf War 1 Why? Opposition to war in general? As wars go, the Gulf War was pretty close to ideal. One country invades another, invaded country requests help, US expels invader, US goes home. I wish every other US war was as clean.

throw0101a 5y ago
> One country invades another, invaded country requests help, US expels invader, US goes home. I wish every other US war was as clean. While there was no land invasion of Iraq, I'm not sure "goes home" is completely accurate: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_no-fly_zones_conflict https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_no-fly_zones_conflict US bases in Saudi Arabia was one of the 'grievances' of al Qaeda: > 3. One of the principal goals of al Qaeda was to drive the United States armed forces out of Saudi Arabia (and elsewhere on the Saudi Arabian peninsula) and Somalia by violence. Members of al Qaeda issued fatwahs (rulings on Islamic law) indicating that such attacks were both proper and necessary. * https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/network/alqaeda/indictment.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/network/alqae...