In the 1980s
Saddam Hussein committed horrible atrocities against the Kurds to the north while
bombing cities and raiding his eastern border in a ten year war against the
Iranians! All of this was before invading Kuwait and causing all sorts of worldly
mayhem!! That was before we wrought havoc on his armies and sent them crawling on
their knees back to Baghdad!!!
… Maybe that was wrong of us ...
Maybe folks
would have been happier if we flew over Iraq and sprinkled Skittles on them so
they could taste the rainbow! But the fact remains we didn't!! We chose to end
the War with a decisive blow and defeated their asses all the way up the
highway of death!!!
You know what they say… “Mess
with the Bull and get the Horns!”
My last 2 ships (a Spruance Destroyer & a Nuclear powered Cruiser) I spent time in the Gulf escorting oil tankers. This was in the 80s when we didn't have carrier planes overhead, or backup anywhere nearby. We were basically on our own.
ReplyDeleteMy ship had just been detached the day before the Stark was hit. I still think Iraq did it on purpose.