Originally posted by: HarryK
Originally posted by: OrlandoTiger
Originally posted by: BobSnob
If you don't have a moustache in Iraq, does that mean you're gay?
Among many Muslim extremeists,it means at a minimum that you are less of a man, and in some sects those with the longest stringy beards are usually elders and highly esteemed.
The ruling Ba'ath party that this war is against are NOT muslim extremists.
Iraq's govt was one of the few secular govt's in the region which is one reason the US supported Saddam for so many years.
The fact that the ruling party in Iraq was secular is the reason that Muslim Extremists like Al Qaeda and Ansar Al-Islam HATED Saddam.
The US's attempt to connect Al Qaeda with Saddam is ludicrous. It is like saying that the Black Panthers and the KKK work together. But obviously the more that somebody repeats a mantra over and over again to the public, the more likely that people just start to believe it without any evidence.
Weapons of mass destruction.... terrorist cells... used chemical weapons against his own people*... weapons of mass destruction.... terrorist cells... used chemical weapons against his own people... weapons of mass destruction.... terrorist cells... used chemical weapons against his own people... weapons of mass destruction.... terrorist cells... used chemical weapons against his own people...
*Unless you want to to start referring to Israeli retaliation against Palestinian terrorists as "Sharon used machine guns against his own people", this oft-repeated quote is misleading at best.