Thread:Comments:US Senate votes to repeal authorizations of use of force against Iraq/ The Repeal of Use of Force Authorizations - A Victory for Iraq's Sovereignty/reply (5)

"The U.S. hasn't intervened in those cases, which raises questions about the consistency of its policies" - And...honestly they should intervene in Iran and they should've intervened in North Korea when they had the chance (before they got nukes) "why hasn't the U.S. intervened in Iran or North Korea, where the threat of WMDs is real and the populations are oppressed" - Because Biden won't do anything, honestly. And because Americans are too irrationally afraid of war. "The U.S. often acts unilaterally" - No country should be demanded to get everyone in other countries to agree that they can defend themselves if they think there going to be attacked with nuclear weapons. "The Iraq Body Count project estimates civilian deaths between 200,000 and 1,000,000" - That's not over a million, and would you be interested to know that only 12% of the deaths are estimated to have come from coalition forces killing people. And many of those were militants anyways. "The U.S. initially supported Saddam Hussein during this conflict, only to later intervene when he invaded Kuwait" - There was no conflict until he invaded Kuwait. " they know for sure that Iran and North Korea have WMDs" - They don't know Iran had WMDs (they honestly might not) and North Korea is so closed up that they could be bluffing. "they knew Iraq didn't have WMDs, and that's why they invaded Iraq—because they knew there wouldn't be a nuclear war. Invading Iran or North Korea would risk starting a nuclear war." - No. They knew that Saddam hated Israel and Saudi more and they would have gotten nuked first, giving the US time to renuke them back. So...indifference about the lives of Israelis and Saudis. "Invading Iran or North Korea would risk starting a nuclear war" - Which is why they haven't done it. "disbanding of the Iraqi army and de-Baathification policies led to massive unemployment and unrest, contributing to the insurgency and later the rise of ISIS" - So by fighting the oppossing army and winning they caused the people in that army to be unemployed? I guess so...but this is a ludicrious arguement. What should they have done? Let the army thats attacking them keep existing? And ISIS rose because of Iranian funding, that more or less it. "he U.S. has a history of complex interactions with various groups" - Such as... "These topics have been in my scope of interest for years. I've only recently known about platforms like Wikinews. My knowledge comes from personal experience and extensive study, not an LLM" - Okay. Whatever.