Alright, then. I think that after the invasion the US made a fatal error in declaring an Occupation and handing over the reigns to Bremer. The direct follow-on on from this was the disbanding of the entire Iraqi army and the simultaneous alienation of the Sunni Tribes. An insurgency, that had been initially generated by ex-Ba'athists and national and international jihadis was given the environment in which to thrive while at the same time Iran was able to support and direct the now powerful Shia parties. In this situation, the US military was clueless. Clueless, rather than malign. And so on.
Lots of connecting events between the Allied invasion and the massive death toll being counted by the Physicians for Social Responsibility, but I don't feel like you're very interested n them.
I presume everyone's in agreement that Bremer's policies helped fan the flames of insurgency in a big way. However, Craner I'd be interested in hearing your opinion on how successful a (realistic) counter-insurgency could have been.
Iraqi families sell organs to overcome poverty
"I would tell my son to collect waste bread from the street and we would eat it, but I never asked for food or money."
Facing such poverty, Ms Hussein was driven to make a huge sacrifice.
"I decided to sell my kidney," she said. "I could no longer provide for my family. It was better than selling my body or living on charity."
The couple approached an illegal trader to sell their kidneys, but initial tests proved their organs were not healthy enough for transplant.
Disappointment followed, and the couple considered taking a desperate solution.
"Because of our miserable conditions we even thought of selling our son's kidney," Ali said, angrily, while pointing at his nine-year-old son, Hussein.
"We would do anything but beg. Why on earth were we in this position?"
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36083800
The law wasn't launched purely for moral reasons, but for security reasons, too. The corruption of the WMD argument obscured the actual argument which was that nobody knew what the state of Saddam's weapons arsenal was because the UNSCOM inspectors kept getting kicked out and, besides, the intention to procure WMD had to be presumed.
The humanitarian intervention argument was separate to this, but was another strand that was rather buried by Blair and the neoconservatives, although it was a central factor in their thinking.
I mean, you havent actually got an argument here other than 'waugh, Noam Chomsky' have you?
In this situation, the US military was clueless. Clueless, rather than malign. And so on.
Lots of connecting events between the Allied invasion and the massive death toll being counted by the Physicians for Social Responsibility, but I don't feel like you're very interested n them.