Arny Krueger wrote:
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let's take a look at Iran, which the US has called the
"most dangerous country".
3. Iran has not invaded or threatened to invade any
other country. At least not in modern times.
I guess the Iran-Iraq war slipped off your radar.
Learn to read, Arns. Let's requote what was said:
"3. Iran has not *invaded* or *threatened to invade* any
other country. At least not in modern times."
"The war began when *Iraq invaded Iran* on 22 September 1980 following
a long history of border disputes and demands for the overthrow of
Saddam Hussein's regime."
How has this 'slipped off the radar'? How does this run counter to what
was said?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-iraq_war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Ir...on_and_repulse
"By June of 1982, a successful Iranian counter-offensive had recovered the
areas previously lost to Iraq. An especially significant battle of this
counter-offensive in the Khuzestan province was the liberation of
Khorramshahr city from the Iraqis on May 24, 1982.
Counter-offensive. A pretty technical military term with a specific
meaning, yes? In general military usage, it's a term that would
indicate there was an initial offensive that was being countered.
Counter-offensives can actually be defensive in nature, contrary to
what you might intuitively guess.
Using your logic, the Germans were the invaders in June, 1944 at
Normandy: The Allies invade, the Germans launch a counter-offensive,
therefore the Germans are the aggressors.
LOL!
"Most of the fighting for the rest of the war occurred on Iraqi territory,
although some have interpreted the Iraqi withdrawal as a tactical ploy by
the Iraqi military. By fighting just inside Iraq, Saddam Hussein could rally
popular Iraqi patriotism. The Iraqi army could also fight on its own
territory and in well-established defensive positions. The Iranians
continued to employ unsophisticated human wave attacks, while Iraqi soldiers
remained, for the most part, in a defensive posture.
You are insane.
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