Marines cheer song about killing Iraqi civilians

[arclight]

Bismillah


salam Arclight


Welcome back man, long time,

You mean you missed me? Shucks :blush:


A nice relaxing holiday in Florida, and I now have tan that wouldn't look out of place in Cairo :) B)

Do u mean that u r agreeing with, are u refering to the new emeny as Islam?

Well to be exact, Islamic terrorism.

Am I finally seeing someone who is using logic here? :thumb:

Logic or paranoia, take your pick :)


More money changes hands in this world from guns than from plough shears, and just as it begins to look as if we're going to do more farming than shooting, we find ourselves spending billions killing each other.


Two years after the official fall of communism Iraq invades Kuwait, after Kuwait does just enough little things to needle Saddam. The USA intervenes. Stirs up a bit more distrust between Islam and the west. One seething tyrant left in power. Nice little breeding ground for terrorism. A few small terrorist attacks in the 90's, which eventually lead up to the biggy in 9/11, after that anyone could see where it could lead to.


So imagine yourself as someone making billions in arms sales in 1989, your business prospects going down the pan along with communism. How much of a backhander would Kuwait have needed to encourage a bit of slant drilling of Iraqi oil, and how much of a carrot would you need to dangle in front of Saddam? All in all, a good return on a small investment in 1989.