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Old 9th May 2003, 08:43
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GLOC
 
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Firstly, and very importantly, I do not want to take away the sacrifice the coalition troops have made over the years to "free Iraq" and their continuing fight to rid the world of scum. They have served as they are required to by their respective governments, and served well.

If you don't live in this part of the world (The Middle East), it is hard to grasp the reality of what is going on here unless you experience it first hand.

This war was not for humanitarian reasons, purely politics. By securing Iraq, the US has effectively broken the "Cartel" of the Saudi mafia and its motley OPEC crew. They now have the opportunity to hand mold the Iraq oil industry, with its reserves being the second largest in the world. If you want to consider human rights abuse and basically murder....look no further than the house of Saud and its corrupt hangers on in the Saudi government. The Americans have been at loggerheads with the Saudi's over quite a few issues lately and now have the opportunity to move on to new alternatives. These opportunities did not exist prior to the removal of the Saddam Government.

The Middle East is as corrupt and volatile as it was prior to the fall of Saddam, and this will not change in the near future. In fact watch this space, it may even get worse.

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