I said sanctioned. You said sponsored. They're different words with different meanings.
Why is being wrong so difficult for you to accept?

Iraq was seen as a threat to British and American interests, so ultimately to us.

You can argue that perception was based on misinformation but nonetheless that was the view at the time.

This is a long way off subject now!

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Of course I accept they are different words!

You used one, I used the other. Neither is wrong.

Why is it so difficult to accept that?

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Because answering a point by basing it on a different word is nothing more than egotistical posturing and evidence of a fragile ego.
You were wrong.

What is the connection all these countries America went or wants to go to war with share?

They are enemies of Israel.....The ethnicity that dominates the money in America and is vastly over represented in power positions within America itself.

Why would Netanyahu have Congress stand up and applaud him 57 times in a single speech.....I'd say that his Wall Street friends having made those same filtered and mostly selected politicians very rich has something to do with it.

Don't support Israel, then we fund your opponent...don't support Israel, then our lobby makes sure you don't ultimately get selected.....support Israel then we find ways of supporting your bank account. Send aid to Israel every year, then half that aid gets sent back to the lobby who use it to sweetheart congress and senate.

Once you learn how it works you can't ever look at it again in the same way.

Personally I'd say that small demographic has vastly more say in what America has done in foreign affairs in the last forty years than anything else......a country that had nothing to do with its founding.

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Edited by Stirlingsays (07 Aug 2024 1.15am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

People on their own are easy as they operate in gangs.

There is safety in numbers, we need a little less individualism and start sticking up for each other.

Edited by Stirlingsays (07 Aug 2024 12.14am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)