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Originally posted by Jakko
Well said Herman, I think a lot of people forget about Saddam's actions for their own convinience, when they are bashing Bush.
The simplistic comment made "Saddam killed innocents, and now Bush kills innocents" is just ignorant. There's such a huge difference between them that comparing them in order to make Bush look bad is not only very subjective, but also spreads ignorance to people who do not fully understand the USA-IRAQ history.
Originally posted by 27jd
Originally posted by heelstone
Then why in hell did Bush claim that Saddam had WMD and posed a threat to the United States as the initial reasoning for the invasion instead of saying "Saddam oppressed his people!"?
Anybody with a brain knows Bush could give a rats @ss about the people of Iraq. There are other nations that we consider allies that oppress equally, if not more, than Hussein did. The notion that the Bush administration cares about the Iraqi people is laughable at best. I'm sure none of us know the true reason Bush (or Rove more accurately) attacked Iraq for sure, but lofty nobility is definetly not it. How anybody could believe otherwise is perplexing.
Originally posted by 27jd
LOL. Those who fully understand the USA-IRAQ history, know we are the ones who propped up Saddam's regime against Iran. And Saddam killed most of those people way back in the 80's (when we still supported him),
so all of the sudden, 20 years later, it's time for the US to sacrifice the lives of our soldiers, against the will of the rest of the world, to punish him for acts commited while enjoying our support?
That's just wrong, and to be so naive as to even hint Bush is doing this out of the goodness of his heart, is even more wrong.
You are all dancing around the facts that, there are plenty of other countries in which SCORES of innocent people are dying RIGHT NOW, not 20 yrs ago, and there are other countries that ACTUALLY pose a REAL threat to the US, yet we decided to go after Saddam instead, so now while we're bogged down in guerilla warfare, the real threats are building strength, while we lose ours. Good Plan.
Originally posted by cstyle226
How about the Americans, Bush? You see any of them?
[edit on 23-8-2004 by cstyle226]
Originally posted by Herman
Last time I checked, he had no history of mental illness .
Originally posted by Herman
That's all based off of...nothing. Basically, they studied him and came to a conclusion based off of what he says and such... It doesn't say anything about him actually being diagnosed..
Originally posted by muppet
WTF are you doing quoting my words from another thread on this one? If you want to reply, do it in the correct thread.
Delete the quotes from this thread, NOW.
Originally posted by Jakko
Maybe you should have send him a PM instead of showing everyone how rude you become when you get angry.
The end WILL justify the means
Originally posted by muppet
OK herman, maybe I over reacted a bit. sorry about that. it's been a stressful day.
Still, you'll think again before editing other peoples comments into the wrong thread telling them where they can or cannot continue the conversation. It's misleading and rude. If you start a debate on a new thread, you should continue it on that new thread.
Anyway. I've seen your response now, so you can leave it here if you want. Like I say, I've said my piece.