Goenitz
Elite Member
Yes. Sanctions made Iraq very weak. At one point, its GDP was from 10.7 to 17 billion dollars (90 to 97). That was a joke for a country. The country plummeted into poverty, illiteracy and weakness.During first Gulf war American didn't not put boots on ground but they continue to weaken Iraq until Saddam ran out of defensive equipment even with the help of UN and severe sanction Saddam force to destroy UN allowed range missiles but still they made lame excuse and capture Iraq, Now you are witnessing USA / Israel scuffle even verbal but in reality this is eye wash because most of the European nations turned against Israel that is why US / Israel just playing drama and all this packs and hush hush is just to buy time in order to re-arm and attack Iran in another way.
The US won't mind attacking Iran again but cannot afford closure of the Hormuz, Bab al Mandab or Suez Canal. So, it will not start a war if it were a possibility.




