Karl Sharro
Saddam made life hell for my family, I have no sympathy for him but it was the Iraqis' job to remove him, not a task for the West.
It's possible to oppose the Iraq War without romanticising pre-03 Iraq & it's the invaders who ignored Iraqi agencyhttps://twitter.com/Hayder_alKhoei/status/750711032939765762 …
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people think that Iraqis, after decades of sanctions and wars (backed by the West and its allies), should have become democrats overnight.
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The arrogance and hubris of it! 'Here we invaded and destroyed your country for you, why aren't you becoming a liberal democracy, why?'
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I can't even begin to describe the impact of the economic sanctions on destroying Iraqi society, paving the way for what was to come next.
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@KarlreMarks I remember in late 90s an Iraqi doctor telling me abt people needing very basic surgeries dying due to anesthesia shortage -
@RawyaRageh they didn't let pencils in. A cruel punishment that hurt the Iraqi people and benefited Saddam -
@KarlreMarks Ya Allah. Sanctions = collective punishment inflicted on the country's weakest. And they don't even deter those in power. -
@RawyaRageh I was really shocked the first time I returned during the sanctions. Not only the deprivation but what it did to people's spirit - Show more
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@KarlreMarks If Iraqis' have agency they'd also have to accept UN sanctions as just punishment for their govt's wars & chem weapons use. -
@KarlreMarks@azelin@Hayder_alKhoei The US has a long, ugly history with Saddam. We knew he was a monster & used him. Until he held up oil -
@KarlreMarks@Hayder_alKhoei Iraqi agency was so violent that is why they had to be stopped...ask a Kurd!? -
@KarlreMarks@MazMHussain@Hayder_alKhoei why does no one practice this? -
@KarlreMarks@MazMHussain Yes: wasn't there a *local* assassination attempt that was left high and dry by the West?
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