To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
This area is actually pretty friendly to the U.S. and one of our first actions on taking Iraq was to open up the dams that were diverting the water from the region. We actually had to repair some dams that locals were trying to tear down too soon.
This site has a good satellite photo comparison of the devastation the region suffered.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2807821.stm
11 posted on
11/23/2007 3:12:56 PM PST by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: P-40
12 posted on
11/23/2007 3:23:14 PM PST by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: P-40
We should be cauterizing them from the face of the Earth with flame throwers and nuclear weapons until they stand down.
31 posted on
11/23/2007 9:14:21 PM PST by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Elections have consequences.)
To: P-40
We should be cauterizing them from the face of the Earth with flame throwers and nuclear weapons until they stand down.
It's been done before.
32 posted on
11/23/2007 9:15:31 PM PST by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Elections have consequences.)
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