So who really destroyed their lives? Was it US Personell or the Regime that provoked the US to attack them? Lets face it-- if Iraq had been run like Bahrain, Kuwait, or Qatar, there would not have been any attack.
So-- let me get this right, let say your an Iraqi AAA gunner. You see an American plane flying overhead. You shoot at it, because those are your orders from the government. In your world this does not constitute an attack upon American forces? And in your world, we should have just kept on taking these attacks in stride because...? The US has only fought one war where the (foriegn) enemy actually had troops on American soil (1812) so does that mean that every war we fought in that we were not invaded was illegal? WWI, WW2, Korea, I could go on. Maybe you are under the somewhat amusing impression that when troops of various countries go to war with UN approval, they are somehow under the command of the UN itself? Not so much.
Just to be sure I didn't misunderstand you: I could attack a US pilot with the intent to kill him, and that does not constitute an attack on US forces because he is in the process of upholding a UN Resolution?
Actually, I didn't mention this, but Iraq did 'invade' the US when they sent a team of commandoes to assassinate the elder President Bush. Perhaps you have some excellent explanation why this does not constitute an attack on the US?
Don't feel bad because there are soldiers in Iraq, that isn't what I am saying. I saying feel bad for them because they are among the most discriminated people in the western world. There are people like you who believe that any one should be able to shoot at them as much as they like without recriminations, people like that guy on the other board that thinks they are all rapists, torturers and murderers, and people like the majority of British citizens who think they are poor, dumb, bloody minded losers. Here is a shocker: your all wrong.
Every time I have to sink to the level of all these prejudiced people to defend myself and my friends, I feel dirty, as if their small-mindedness and blind hatred are somehow infecting me. That is why I prefer not to. I have made my arguments to the critics, and I have no more to say.