Timeline for If the Iraq War was because of their oil, has the US achieved their war aims
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| Oct 17, 2013 at 4:55 | history | edited | Anixx | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 18, 2012 at 16:44 | comment | added | Anixx | @TED, we were discussing insurgency in Syria, were not we? There is an Syryan liberation army, supplied by Quatar, Turkey, Libya and other foreign powers. The casualties from the both sides are more or less equal with thousands military killed. Is it insurgency or not yet?... | |
| May 18, 2012 at 14:10 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | @Anixx - People protesting in the streets is not "an insurgency". You can see exactly how the US responds to such things, because it happens every day here. Sometimes the cops go a little nutty, but I've never seen our army come out and shell an entire city. | |
| May 10, 2012 at 22:38 | comment | added | Muhd | I wouldn't say it's highly profitable for the US. Our nation is much further in debt as a result. It would be more accurate to say it is highly profitable for the companies who get military contracts (who in turn give campaign contributions to the politicians). Ordinary citizens do not profit. | |
| Apr 5, 2012 at 23:16 | comment | added | Anixx | @TED any country would be doing the same. I think in the US a response to insurgency would be much more severe. | |
| Apr 5, 2012 at 21:16 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | @Russell - That's debatable. I'd argue they vetoed it because they both also have authoritarian goverments and would be doing the exact same thing as Syria's rulers in their shoes. | |
| Apr 5, 2012 at 7:11 | comment | added | Cody Gray | It seems that the war in Iraq has severely backfired in terms of US soft power. The international credibility and respect for the US declined sharply following the war, and the only message it sent was that we're a bunch of belligerents who will do whatever want no matter what everyone else says. That's the definition of hard power, not soft power. | |
| Apr 5, 2012 at 1:47 | comment | added | Russell | China and Russia both vetoed action in Syria because they didn't want America to think that they could over-through any government they felt like. +1. | |
| Apr 4, 2012 at 21:16 | history | answered | Anixx | CC BY-SA 3.0 |