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Originally Posted by TRDG
Yes, the hisory writen on this American and Iraq chapter will be very interesting in the future, what do you think "they" will say (write)?
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Hard to evaluate what I believe the history will be because I haven't read all that much about it. But certainly I know what I hope will be written.
I never want to see the US lose a war. So of course my hope is that it will read something like this. "America managed to find the patience in a difficult situation and today that is paying off in Iraq, with a functioning democracy, religious tolerance, human rights, and a expanding role for women in society". That is my hope.
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Anyways, what did you think about the saction abuses there before the war,
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Well, certainly there was a lot of evidence of problems in the Oil for food program. Of course I wonder if anyone ever really believed in a totalitarian society that somehow the people would have been the recipients of needed supplies rather than confiscation by the government. And of course there were the nations that violated the sanctions.
I wonder if sanctions ever really work? I haven't read much about this but if I had to guess I would say it is rare they succeed. Although I think we just saw them succeed in North Korea? At least it appears that way. Who knows? My gut feeling is most of the time they fail. For the same reasons they failed in Iraq. A totalitarian government imune to the suffering of its people and outsiders willing to break the rules to benefit themselves.