THE US, THE UN AND THE IRAQIS THEMSELVES, V. 7.0

You can put as many smilies into your posts as you want, Ican, but it doesn't change the fact that noone believes what you write anymore.
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Cycloptichorn

I have at least some credibility then? heh
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Cycloptichorn

1. The justification for our invasion of Iraq is derived from the proposition, facts and logic that follow.

2. Proposition: Our government cannot secure our lives, our liberties and our pursuits of happiness by attempting to exterminate al Qaeda terrorists without removing those governments that knowingly provide sanctuary for al Qaeda terrorist bases.

I assume Al Qaeda terrorist bases are necessary for the successful perpetration by al Qaeda terrorists of al Qaeda terrorism.

3. President Bush announced to the nation, Tuesday night, 9/11/2001, that our war was not only with the terrorists who have declared war on us, it is also with those governments that “harbor” terrorists. President Bush announced to the nation, to Congress and to the rest of the world, Thursday night, 9/20/2001, that our war was not only with the terrorists who have declared war on us, it is also with those governments that “support” terrorists.

Source: 9/11 Commission Report.

4. On 9/11/2001 there were terrorist training bases in both Afghanistan and Iraq. The terrorist training bases in Afghanistan were established in 1988 after the Russians abandoned their war in Afghanistan. The terrorist training bases in Iraq were re-established in 2001 after the Kurds had defeated them a couple of years earlier.

Source: 9/11 Commission Report.

5. We invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 without obtaining UN approval and removed Afghanistan's tyrannical government, because that government refused to attempt to remove the terrorist bases from Afghanistan.

Source: 9/11 Commission Report.

6. We invaded Iraq in March 2003 without obtaining UN approval and removed Iraq's tyrannical government, because that government refused to attempt to remove the terrorist bases from Iraq.

Sources: 9/11 Commission Report; Secretary of State Colin Powell’s speech to UN 2/5/2003.

7. We are attempting to secure a democratic government of the Afghanistanis own design in Afghanistan primarily because such a government is presumed less likely to permit the re-establishment of terrorist bases there.

Source: 9/11 Commission Report.

8. We are attempting to secure a democratic government of the Iraqis own design in Iraq primarily because such a government is presumed less likely to permit the re-establishment of terrorist bases there.

Source: 9/11 Commission Report.

9. I think that only after this enormously difficult work is completed successfully, will the US again possess sufficient means to seriously consider invasions to remove any other tyrannical governments that refuse to attempt to remove terrorist bases from their countries.

You can come up with as many silly propsals as you wish Ican, it does not support or refute the serious proposition that the US has an interest in maintaining the dollar as the world's reserve currency.

Yes, of course, "the US has an interest in maintaining the dollar as the world's reserve currency." The Iraq invasion has not, is not, and will not serve that interest.

"I re-checked the topic of this thread. It's not me or anyone else participating in this forum. "?

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Yes, of course, "the US has an interest in maintaining the dollar as the world's reserve currency." The Iraq invasion has not, is not, and will not serve that interest.

But I thought you said you had read the article.
http://www.feasta.org/documents/review2/nunan.htm