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Originally Posted by dalakhani
How many innocent Iraqis died as a result of our illegal invasion of Iraq?
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The invasion actually was not illegal. When Iraq invaded Kuwait and we came to Kuwait's defense, we ended up winning that war. Iraq ended up surrendering and there was a cease-fire. We could have have marched into Iraq right then and overthrown Saddam but we didn't. He signed a cease-fire with us and in that cease-fire he agreed to a bunch of different things including inspections and that type of thing. He also agreed that he would not fire on our planes over the no-fly zone. When you sign a cease-fire and agree to abide by the terms, you have to abide by the terms. The terms stated that if he did not abide by the terms that the cease-fire would be null and void. When he started firing on our planes over the no-fly zone and when he started throwing the inspectors out, he was violating the terms of the cease-fire. Therefore, we had the right to terminate the ceas-fire and go back to war with him. That measn the invasion was not illegal.