# Thank God Kuwait is now free!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-kuwait-is-now-free/309176>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 21, 2005, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-kuwait-is-now-free/309176 "2005-06-21T08:44:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-kuwait-is-now-free/309176/61 "2005-06-22T13:19:22Z")

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**duffer** , I don’t know how to answer your question.

Really - because it’s totally incoherent. I only know it’s a question because you used a ? instead of a .

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-kuwait-is-now-free/309176/62 "2005-06-22T14:47:20Z")

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> [@Mr. Moto](#):
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> I was there a few years ago, and was treated very well indeed.

Which only proves that the average Chilean has good manners. I don’t know what that had to do with how Chileans view what happened on September 11 (their 9/11).

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-kuwait-is-now-free/309176/63 "2005-06-22T21:49:39Z")

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> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> Iraqi troops were committing atrocities against Kuwaitis.

Don’t repeat the “Iraqi troops taking Kuwaiti babies out of incubators” [myth,](http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p25s02-cogn.html) or I’ll have to come over there and slap ya. 😉

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-god-kuwait-is-now-free/309176/64 "2005-06-23T13:03:28Z")

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One day there will be a war in which one side does not accuse the other of atrocities. Today is not that day. Yesterday wasn’t either. I hold little hope for tomorrow.

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