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Originally Posted by Chewy
Really? That's quite...surprising, I pictured our presence there having a bad effect...but if we were the ones who helped them, then...  |
The Kurds suffered terribly under Hussein for decades before the war. Our presence (the US and the UK) protected a lot of people, it wasn't all bombing people. We'll just have to see what happens now. I hope it all works out, but like you say, the presence of oil anywhere is a great corruptor.