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kentuck

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74. Short of troops on the ground...

Mon May 25, 2015, 04:34 PM

May 2015

We should do everything we can do to bring peace to their country. At the present time, that would mean working with the Tehran-friendly Shite government in Baghdad. Does that mean that we should help arm them? No. That strategy has not worked.

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What's our moral responsibility to Iraqis? [View all] MannyGoldstein May 2015 OP

We definitely owe them. Not sure about troops on the ground, but walking off is just wrong. Hoyt May 2015 #1

The Powell doctrine. He warned the country. onecaliberal May 2015 #2

Apparently to kill more of them to atone Warren Stupidity May 2015 #3

We could at least bring the aggressors to trial. Gregorian May 2015 #4

Our moral obligation is to restore Iraq to the state it was on 3/19/2003. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #5

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Saddam was a brutal dictator but we had him in a box with the no fly zones. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #38

America's killed a million Iraqi kids over the last 24 years. Octafish May 2015 #39

Albright truly embraced evil in being willing to accept that price. Vattel May 2015 #63

Iraq? It is rapidly looking like the whole ME. jwirr May 2015 #6

Everything the US does in the Middle East turns to crap. MineralMan May 2015 #7

I second that MineralMan. Like Mr. Shraby always said about that shraby May 2015 #9

Seeing as how, as you say, when the US left "things reverted" to the old status quo, delrem May 2015 #11

You're reading that into my post. MineralMan May 2015 #13

I apologize. delrem May 2015 #58

It's not that we "don't understand." It's that we don't CARE Scootaloo May 2015 #30

Right on target Scootaloo!! guillaumeb May 2015 #47

That about sums it up MannyGoldstein May 2015 #53

no, way too simplistic Vattel May 2015 #64

A modern Marshall Plan? procon May 2015 #8

Sadly, there are things that were done that we Exilednight May 2015 #44

Our moral responsibility is to do nothing Nevernose May 2015 #10

I agree. bravenak May 2015 #34

First rule of holes: stop digging. pscot May 2015 #54

Shutting down the Embassy would be hard on would be immigrants from there treestar May 2015 #55

reparations well beyond our GNP reddread May 2015 #12

We already fixed their country and gave them a great starter democracy... ileus May 2015 #14

With a constitutional right to health care hootinholler May 2015 #19

I think it would make them happy sorefeet May 2015 #15

Prosecute our War Criminals PufPuf23 May 2015 #16

I share that dream also, PufPuf. nt Mnemosyne May 2015 #17

There are so many nations that same question applies to hootinholler May 2015 #18

Iran is also a good example and closer in proximity. salib May 2015 #33

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How?/NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #21

we fixed what? trumad May 2015 #22

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Did they ask us to do any of these things?/NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #24

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The Iraqis asked us to invade their nation ? DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #29

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Are you really that ignorant of the Middle East? trumad May 2015 #27

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No they were quite fine before we invaded their country. trumad May 2015 #35

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It took us a long time to perfect our democracy... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #36

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The status quo is better than what we have now... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #49

Bush fixed Iraq.... Cali_Democrat May 2015 #48

It's our moral responsibility to prosecute Bush and his gang of liars for war crimes. L0oniX May 2015 #25

doesn't help the Iraqis treestar May 2015 #56

At least they would know that we tried to punish those that started the war over lies. L0oniX May 2015 #57

We can start by giving back everything we privatized and sold off to foreign investors n/t arcane1 May 2015 #28

First and foremost ... GeorgeGist May 2015 #40

At a bare minimum, war crimes trials for Bush, Cheney and other highly-placed KingCharlemagne May 2015 #41

''We'' as in BFEE Octafish May 2015 #43

You break it, you bomb it again. N/T Chathamization May 2015 #46

Reparations and voluntary repatriation. How about Texas? Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #50

We f'ked it up.. we can't just walk away. DCBob May 2015 #51

We don't bear full responsibility for breaking it Warpy May 2015 #52

I disagree gratuitous May 2015 #59

I sincerely doubt Saddam's iron fisted rule would have lasted longer than he did Warpy May 2015 #60

the point is... ausboy May 2015 #62

That's the point I was trying to make gratuitous May 2015 #67

Our moral responsibility? Prosecuting the war criminals who lied us into Iraq. Scuba May 2015 #61

It seems that our repsonse is based on two premsies: Vattel May 2015 #65

We owe Iraq big time, especially the Kurds. McCamy Taylor May 2015 #66

Particularly since the Kurds seem to be the only local military MannyGoldstein May 2015 #69

Our moral responsibility is to let them handle their own stuff. 99Forever May 2015 #68

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What is our moral responsiblitiy to the shareholders Manny? Rex May 2015 #71

We don't owe them shit at this point. Fuck them. beaglelover May 2015 #72

Did they let you down? nt MannyGoldstein May 2015 #73

Short of troops on the ground... kentuck May 2015 #74