Modification of Geneva Conventions

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

How many innocent Iraqis died as a result of our illegal invasion of Iraq?

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.