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[mkg1211]

first of all
i respect you much,and i know that you belive in yours words
but what i am saying is that you have some misconceptions
ok

Gulf war I,what do you mean by contain?
many people know that it was a wholly american game
or just a good play.

even if we neglect this idea.

Mubarak(Egyptian president)call saddam to get out from kuwait
Egypt take a part in that war . thousands of egyptians JOINED THAT WAR.
and syria also took a part..


what do you mean by contain?

Kuwait didn't like freedom ,but hate saddam ok

it was a great chance to US to ceneralized in Arabian Peninsula.
~(why they didn't quit until now????)
to be continued

[Diana]

Contain means that to station yourself in a place where you guard your enemy so he does not move where you don't want him to. An example of containing Saddam is when the Americans stationed themselves in Saudi Arabia, and when Saddam tries to make a move toward Kuwait or any of his neighbors, the Americans will bomb Bagdad, so that Saddam does not succeed in invading the country.

The same thing is happening in North Korea. It is the Americans who are in South Korea containing North Korea. The reason North Korea is NOT invading South Korea is because if they do, the Americans will bomb North Korea.

Yes, Egypt participated in the First Gulf War to take out Saddam from Kuwait, but it was the Americans who LED THAT WAR TO FREE KUWAIT FROM SADDAM - NOT EGYPT - who happens to be next door! America is half way around the world and the UN along with the Arab world had to call on the United States to get Saddam out of Kuwait????? Couldn't they do it themselves?