To: 2ndDivisionVet
Mr Chalabi recounted in the Wall Street Journal how President George H. W. Bush’s 1991 call for a popular uprising against Saddam had been heeded by the Iraqi people, only to have Saddam then murder some 30,000 of them from helicopter gunships while the Western world stood by.....Did this actually happen to the tune of 30,000 people ? I don't remember hearing that.
To: Red Boots
I think that’s actually a low estimate.
22 posted on
03/16/2011 3:23:13 PM PDT by
2ndDivisionVet
("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)
To: Red Boots
yes it did. Afte rthe Gulf war Bush chickened out and stopped at the Iraq border. The Iraq army wa sin full flight and Bush called for the Iraqi people to rise up and finish the job. they did and when Saddam brought his airforce into play the people were mowed down. It was one of the main reasons we were not greeted as liberators in 2004 when we finally moved to stop Saddam. The people took months/years to trust us.
39 posted on
03/16/2011 5:46:58 PM PDT by
unseen1
To: Red Boots
Did this actually happen to the tune of 30,000 people ? I don't remember hearing that. I am surprised at how low the estimate is.
57 posted on
03/16/2011 10:10:07 PM PDT by
TopQuark
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