Do you know enough to justify going to war with Iraq?

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Do you know enough to justify going to war with Iraq? Lets see...!

1. Q: What percentage of the world's population does the U.S. have? A: 6%

2. Q: What percentage of the world's wealth does the U.S. have? A: 50%

3. Q: Which country has the largest oil reserves? A: Saudi Arabia

4. Q: Which country has the second largest oil reserves? A: Iraq

5. Q: How much is spent on military budgets a year worldwide? A: $900+
billion

6. Q: How much of this is spent by the U.S.? A: 50%

7. Q: What percent of US military spending would ensure the essentials of
life to everyone in the world, according to the UN? A: 10% (that's about $40
billion, the amount of funding initially requested to fund the US
retaliatory attack on Afghanistan).

8. Q: How many people have died in wars since World War II? A: 86 million

9. Q: How long has Iraq had chemical and biological weapons? A: Since the
early 1980's.

10. Q: Did Iraq develop these chemical & biological weapons on their own? A:
No, the materials and technology were supplied by the US government, along
with Britain and private corporations.

11. Q: Did the US government condemn the Iraqi use of gas warfare against
Iran? A: No

12. Q: How many people did Saddam Hussein kill using gas in the Kurdish town
of Halabja in 1988? A: 5,000

13. Q: How many western countries condemned this action at the time? A: 0

14. Q: How many gallons of agent Orange did America use in Vietnam? A: 17
million.

15. Q: Are there any proven links between Iraq and September 11th terrorist
attack? A: No

16. Q: What is the estimated number of civilian casualties in the Gulf War?
A: 35,000

17. Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the western
forces during the Gulf War ? A: 0

18. Q: How many retreating Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by U.S. tanks
with ploughs mounted on the front? A: 6,000

19. Q: How many tons of depleted uranium were left in Iraq and Kuwait after
the Gulf War? A: 40 tons

20. Q: What according to the UN was the increase in cancer rates in Iraq
between 1991 and 1994? A: 700%

21. Q: How much of Iraq's military capacity did America claim it had
destroyed in 1991? A: 80%

22. Q: Is there any proof that Iraq plans to use its weapons for anything
other than deterrence and self defense? A: No

23. Q: Does Iraq present more of a threat to world peace now than 10 years
ago? A: No

24. Q: How many civilian deaths has the Pentagon predicted in the event of
an attack on Iraq in 2002/3? A: 10,000

25. Q: What percentage of these will be children? A: Over 50%

26. Q: How many years has the U.S. engaged in air strikes on Iraq?

A: 11 years

27. Q: Were the U.S and the UK at war with Iraq between December 1998 and
September 1999? A: No

28. Q: How many pounds of explosives were dropped on Iraq between December
1998 and September 1999? A: 20 million

29. Q: How many years ago was UN Resolution 661 introduced, imposing strict
sanctions on Iraq's imports and exports? A: 12 years

30. Q: What was the child death rate in Iraq in 1989 (per 1,000 births)? A:
38

31. Q: What was the estimated child death rate in Iraq in 1999 (per 1,000
births)? A: 131 (that's an increase of 345%)

32. Q: How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by October 1999 as a
result of UN sanctions? A: 1.5 million

33. Q: How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died due to sanctions
since 1997? A: 750,000

34. Q: Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq? A: No

35. Q: How many inspections were there in November and December 1998? A: 300

36. Q: How many of these inspections had problems? A: 5

37. Q: Were the weapons inspectors allowed entry to the Ba'ath Party HQ? A:
Yes

38. Q: Who said that by December 1998, "Iraq had in fact, been disarmed to a
level unprecedented in modern history." A: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief

39. Q: In 1998 how much of Iraq's post 1991 capacity to develop weapons of
mass destruction did the UN weapons inspectors claim to have discovered and
dismantled? A: 90%

40. Q: Is Iraq willing to allow the weapons inspectors back in? A: Yes

41. Q: How many UN resolutions did Israel violate by 1992? A: Over 65

42. Q: How many UN resolutions on Israel did America veto between 1972 and
1990? A: 30+

44. Q: How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons? A: 8

45. Q: How many nuclear warheads has Iraq got? A: 0

46. Q: How many nuclear warheads has US got? A: over 10,000

47. Q: Which is the only country to use nuclear weapons? A: the US

48. Q: How many nuclear warheads does Israel have? A: Over 400

50. Q: Who said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about
things that matter"? A: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
 
CAUSE LIKE YOU SAID IN YOUR THREAD CONGRESS IS A BUNCH OF JUNKIES.
THEY BRAIN IS FRIED AND THEY CAN'T THINK AT ALL.
 
LMAO @ Kenny, That would never happen! Seems That Bush is either in a choke hold or he doesn't really care what the public in his country thinks, Everything Nick stated holds true. WTF is up with N.Korea, they ARE the REAL threat here, Or am I mistaken.. They seem to be playng on US Sanctions to Bomb our asses...Urgh and we sure got our priorities mixed up.. I tell ya, Either were nutz or N.Korea has already become one of the Nuclear powers, otherwise why the Heck are we walking on egg shells..
 
Doesn't anyone think it's odd that the administration claims that Sadam violated the resolution, they say lets go to war because possibly, maybe, blah blah blah. Meanwhile North Korea defys the US on national tv stating that if we impose sanctions they will consider that a threat and an imminent attack on the US is without regard. Come on now, the same sanctions that we hold every dang body else two, these posers pretended to follow and violated more than four INTERNATIONAL agreements, not limited to the UN. This is so ridiculous and on top of that, Pakistan is the source for which they are supplied with the technology to pursue nuclear programmes URGH, according to our Intelligence they've been in cahoots since the 70's. Bottom line some people think that we haven't moved on N.Korea cuz Pakistan has there back and Right now We need Pakistan in the war against Sadam.. Still somehow this shit smells Bad.I still think we won't touch N.Korea because somehow they've already become a Nuclear power and Fu*** with them means losing our west coast :crap
 
I say we stop helping these fanatical countries who don't want our help,and stop getting involved in other peoples war, because in the end, just like now WE STAND ALONE.

A dog will bark when being taunted, and when taunted long enough he will bite.

After 9/11 everyone was demanding that things be done, that actions be taken against these filthy people who bombed the Towers, Pentagon, and the plane that went down. Well I think the dog(Bush) was taunted long enough and now he wants to bite.

I do agree that war is never the answer,I'd rather this whole shit just die down right now, I'd rather talks continue until they are blue in the face, because I fear what will happen this time around...UNfortunately both sides have an itchy trigger finger..and unfortunately nothing we say will ever make a difference to either side, because men in power will are running the show right now🙁
 
Whatever, I just want my freinds to come back!
My ex- is a marine and I want him back home!
Reber.......'nuff said ......
I wish it were all over with alraedy so we can get back to our lives...
 
i'm against this war.. and i do NOT agree to USA's decisions... in reality there is no point of bombing IRAQ... it's all about OIL...
 
I find it amazing and quite comical that people will give credibility to Saddam Hussein, instead of our president, knowing Hussein's dubious and murderous past. Obviously people have forgotten what happened on 9/11. If this was really about oil then why didn't we take the oil back in 91? If we really wanted oil then all we have to do is take Mexico. They have a lot of oil that we import. Come on peeps! If we appease tyrants then it will be a lot worse in the future. Check back in history at the Munich agreement in 1938. A so called peace that let to World War Two. Enough said.


Harry
 
bush is in a no-win situation...if he authorizes war, all the peeps who dont agree will call for his head come election time, or sooner im sure and if he sits and waits and god forbid something happens related to saddam and iraq against us or our friends, the same people who said "no war" will call for his head for not going in fast enuff to stop him. he must do what he believes is best for our country and our citizens safety here and abroad based on the 411 he is supplied.

we dont always have the full picture when it comes to this stuff, just general statements cuz if he went ahead and just started spouting off the whole deal there would be no need for intelligence gathering and security...you dont publically show all your cards to an enemy..and thats what he is, the enemy. i hate the thought of war, period. but it is a fact of life that it will happen. most of the numbers show that our country has this and that and did this and that, but in the grand scheme of things we are the only super power on this earth who can police what other countries are trying to do which may harm us, our friends/allies or other interests...look at saddam and his history..he invaded his neighbors before in seeking to control the main artery of oil in the middle east...he had no problems killing innocent people there, he even gassed his own people and that is a fact. do you want this mad man to eventually align himself with terrorist networks (if he has not already) and become someone who can wreak havoc on us at the drop of a dime?? being the worlds only super power is a huge responsibility and one we cannot ignore..you cannot let these nutcases ever get into a position to ever be a threat to a neighbor or us, period...someone (us) has to keep the others in check and thats the way it is and always will be..if we did not then you would have had world war 3 a long time ago people cuz dont think for a minute russia, iran, iraq, korea or a few others would not have gotten their hands on weapons (some did and do) and used them in a heartbeat if they did not think we would retaliate or impose sanctions. if they dont fear us or retaliation and if we act like its no big deal and dont care what goes on over there then someone else would rise to confront us eventually and i cannot think of anything scarier than having someone like saddam, bin laden or someone else out there being left unchecked, left to do what they want and eventually you have a much more lethal situation for all of us. look at 9-11...intelligence showed this and that, a lot of "what if's" and people all over saying "how could we allow that here and how did they pull it off?" well...do you really want to take any chances anymore??

i have many military friends and family who are right there, some on the front lines...they do not want to stand still and allow for scarier times ahead, all ive talked to are fully behind going in and taking this maddman out once and for all. sometimes the very best defense at times is to strike first, especially when you know damn well what saddam could be capeable of if he was left to finish these weapons programs everyone knows he has started. he hates this country and our people, you think for a minute if he had the means to pull off his own attack or do it thru someone else he would not do it?? c'mon, he kills his own people...he must be stopped, period. the only reason he has not done anything to our country or people directly is becuz he does not have the FULL means to do so...but if he did, HE WOULD...SIMPLE AS THAT.

god bless our troops....they will get the job done.
 
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