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DW just released a documentary caller Iraq: The Killing of a Nation. I hadn't realised the extent to which the gulf war and subsequent sanctions devastated Iraq

DW just released a documentary caller Iraq: The Killing of a Nation. I hadn't realised the extent to which the gulf war and subsequent sanctions devastated Iraq. It's pretty atrocious. Now she isn't the only person guilty and not even mentioned in this documentary. Still I think it's an important watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLRfecGZhts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLRfecGZhts

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wbl 5y ago
Saddam could have stepped down and ended the sanctions at any time.
- pphysch 5y ago
  Reminds me of another megalomaniac who could surrender and end civilian suffering right now
- sitkack 5y ago
  If we continue to lay blame on the Corporation, or the sociopath or the psychopath for the destruction caused by the rules that we enact, it isn't the predictable response of the automaton that is to blame. It simply allows us to continue the game of chicken when we know what the response will be. It is of little difference whose hand is holding the knife when the outcome is known. All we have done is shifted blame and white washed the actions that we ourselves are responsible for.
- ajsnigrutin 5y ago
  Zelensky could have stepped down, and ended the war. Noone asked americans to come and kill people half the planet away, and you still did that, many many times in many many countries... middle east, africa, south american, even some european ones. You're the ultimate bad guys. Once i though you were atleast aware of that (from hippie movement, to micheal moore documentaries), but stayed quiet because of all the cheap oil and other resources, but i'm genuinely more and more disappointed in you, because some of you honestly think you're the good guys for killing people.
actionfromafar 5y ago
The largest atrocity was creating a power vacuum by firing the entiry Iraqi army after the war. "After the initial invasion, most of the Iraqi military's former soldiers and officers offered little resistance to Coalition forces in the early days of the occupation. Many soldiers had simply gone home rather than openly fight the invading forces. This seeming acceptance of Coalition authority stemmed from the US military continuing to pay the salaries of Saddam's former soldiers, while promising senior Iraqi officers that they would have a major role to play "in building a new Iraq." [0] Paul Bremer, head of the CPA, issued an order dissolving the entire Iraqi military, as well as most civilian employees of the old government, and pledged to build a new military and government from scratch. [0] Thus, a decade of hell and eventually ISIS, began. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Iraq_(2003%E2%80%932011)#Insurgency_begins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Iraq_(2003%E2%80...

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wbl 5y ago

Saddam could have stepped down and ended the sanctions at any time.

pphysch 5y ago
Reminds me of another megalomaniac who could surrender and end civilian suffering right now
sitkack 5y ago
If we continue to lay blame on the Corporation, or the sociopath or the psychopath for the destruction caused by the rules that we enact, it isn't the predictable response of the automaton that is to blame. It simply allows us to continue the game of chicken when we know what the response will be. It is of little difference whose hand is holding the knife when the outcome is known. All we have done is shifted blame and white washed the actions that we ourselves are responsible for.
ajsnigrutin 5y ago
Zelensky could have stepped down, and ended the war. Noone asked americans to come and kill people half the planet away, and you still did that, many many times in many many countries... middle east, africa, south american, even some european ones. You're the ultimate bad guys. Once i though you were atleast aware of that (from hippie movement, to micheal moore documentaries), but stayed quiet because of all the cheap oil and other resources, but i'm genuinely more and more disappointed in you, because some of you honestly think you're the good guys for killing people.

actionfromafar 5y ago

The largest atrocity was creating a power vacuum by firing the entiry Iraqi army after the war. "After the initial invasion, most of the Iraqi military's former soldiers and officers offered little resistance to Coalition forces in the early days of the occupation. Many soldiers had simply gone home rather than openly fight the invading forces. This seeming acceptance of Coalition authority stemmed from the US military continuing to pay the salaries of Saddam's former soldiers, while promising senior Iraqi officers that they would have a major role to play "in building a new Iraq." [0] Paul Bremer, head of the CPA, issued an order dissolving the entire Iraqi military, as well as most civilian employees of the old government, and pledged to build a new military and government from scratch. [0] Thus, a decade of hell and eventually ISIS, began. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Iraq_(2003%E2%80%932011)#Insurgency_begins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Iraq_(2003%E2%80...