That was the idea.
Can't have the Iraqi academics stopping the American Colonial Empire!
Yeh! We'll call them all "Baathists" then we can kill 'em"
Turn Iraq from a thriving bread-basket and center of academic excellance,and MEDICINE,into a dusty,desolate Depleted Uranium infested bedouin wadi,spread the indentured servitude and set it back one hundred years.
Then,just take the oil,join it up to the extended Turkish pipeline,ship it to Europe/Israel and Europe and BUILD THE US BASES/EMBASSIES in Baghdad,between Iran and Israel.
Just like the Israelis do to their neighbours.
Crush and divide and leave them crippled in dust!
DISGRACEFUL.
AND NOT SOMETHING AMERICA CAN BE PROUD OF...EVER!
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Peace,Salaam,Shalom.