I am watching CNN now about a series called "Dead Wrong" -- that US
went to war with Iraq which had no "Weapons of mass destruction" --ie no
nuclear or chemical weapons etc -even the chemical weapons Iraq had used on
Kurds earlier as on Kuwait had disappeared. There was no
history of the existence of such weapons
-having ever been in existence.
There was indeed history that Iraq then was openly rewarding suicide
bombers in Palestine (as did many other nations in the Middle East -like in
Qatar even my landlord -hailing fro India had to pay $200 pa to support
Chechneya rebels in a govt run company) - giving thousands of dollars to
those who died as jihadis - to fight against Israel.
US needed to fight war on terror (after Sep 11) --in the heart of the
problem -Middle East -where even now top Saudi muslim clerics denounce US
etc -as during i think Condo Rice's visit this year. Afghanistan has no
rich supporters nearby-mostly remote like Artic circle. Iraq is in the
Middle East -was openly defiant against US and openly supporting terrorists
against Israel.
The hotbed was in Middle East -and in SE and South Asia -with muslim
minority India, Singapore, Thaliand then feeling the brunt. Then Jihadi
muslims impudently hijacking Delhi bound Indian Arirlines plane from
Nepal --taking it to Afghanistan -after a short hop in Pakistan in Dec
1999 - and getting their 5 hard core leaders released in return -after
killing a man returning with his wife from honeymoon in Nepal: India
watching helplessly.
There was no help nearby: Bangladesh , Pakistan -both with Islamic
fundamentalists as dominant minority (with India already smarting from
Kargil [Kashmir] war six months previously with Pakistan's current Prez's
behest- in May 1999-stopped by Bill Clinton's intervention forcing Pak to
take back its troops). Afghanistan was more like a backwater where all sorts
of fungi grow up -with germs orginating and coming from
elsewhere.
Any comments on how the war on terror would have played out if there
had been no active US military presence in Middle East ? Would the Arab
nations and Iran etc been eager to hand over the jihadis to US//UK/UN
etc?
Would India have been safer then? Would we have seen lesser scenes like
Delhi bombings etc which killed 50 people?
Umesh
umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
life expectancy i only 63 years --lower than Inida and equal to
Egypt.
So where was the Iraqi heaven many talk about?
umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
it seems edu was good there atleast at primary level.
adult literacy was very low --about 20% literate
Secondar school ednrolmment is only 30% and highre education even
worse. I winder Iraqi minister thinks Iraq's glory days are over after
2003.
It seems the illiterate adults turned jihadis are fightining the US
army.
Any comments?
Umesh
umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
what did he learn (and teach)?
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