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Originally Posted by daswig
You have a cite showing that the US controlled the Northeastern part of Iraq? How large of an occupying army did we have there at that time? Would you care to list the divisional level armed forces that the US had deployed in Northeastern Iraq at the time? Thanks SO much.
There's a MAJOR difference between having a few handfuls of people in a large geographical area, and actually CONTROLLING that area. We've got troops in Cuba. Do we control Cuba? Of course not. Well, wait, I guess depending on your perspective, you could argue it, but still...
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Now you're arguing yesterday's discussion?
There were no troops on the ground. It was controlled via the no-fly zone. The no-fly zone prevented any of Saddam's forces to occupy the land. It was setup to protect the Kurds, as deemed necessary by the U.S., U.K. and France by virtue of U.N. Resolution #688.
We went through this yesterday.
None of it has anything whatsoever to do with the fact that Cheney falsely linked Saddam's Iraq with 9/11.