Re: let me stir up the 'ole pot'
Oh ANdrew it's Sunday night... and I'd really just rather laugh but ...<br /><br />
<br />"I am still confused as to what Saddam was going to throw at the world that was about to cause a disruption to global harmony????"<br />
Anthrax, VX, Botchalinum toxin, etc., etc. - all he had to do is slip them to Al Qaeda or one of the crazy islamic extreemists hell bent on our destruction - heck look what a handfull of them did with nothing more than box cutters...<br /><br />
No war is noble, no war is just.
Not even the war against Hitler? I think that statement puts you on the extreem fringes of society<br /><br />
Has Mr Bush now set an international precident? Is Mr Bush the "keeper of world the peace"? If so then Mr Bush would need to be as even handed with the rest of the world. Imagine how the American tax payers would be in for a serious "defence" bill. Is it not time to take on North Korea, they openly admit to a nuclear program, he should have ignored Saddam and had a go at the real culprits.
No just our own peace and security. We aren't going to take any chances anymore.<br /><br />As for the Koreans, we don't think they will hand their weapons over to Islamic whackos or try to nuke us - they are more likely to nuke the South Koreans or the Japanese. So they need to step up along with the Chineese to take care of that evil little SOB Kim Jong Il<br /><br />Why do so many people on your side of this issue want us to deal with the Koreans alone but don't want us dealing with the Iraqis alone? I never understood that...<br /><br />
What about Zimbabwe, DRC, Angola. Forget Africa lets go look at the injustices in South America, Asia. When are you going to mount an armed attack to bring those injustices to an end Mr Bush.<br />
Those are not our problems. They don't directly effect us - sure we will help out but we can only do so much - we have to take care of our own enemies first.<br /><br />
I am no expert but am willing to bet that Mr Bush sits on the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons in the world. Who is going to police the US? remember the two individually largest military nuclear incidents were US led, Hiroshima, Nagasaki.<br />
Nobody needs to police us. We are a decent nation who has never hurt anybody that didn't deserve it. In case you didn't know, we were at war with Japan when we nuked them. They didn't give up even after the first bomb. It took 2. Then we rebuilt their whole country, gave them democracy and helped make them into one of the worlds leading economic powers. And we need watching? Hello...<br /><br />
Mr Bush was angry with Saddam for showing POWS on the TV, accusing them of flouting the Genava convention. He has just done the same by allowing the pictures of Saddams sons. Don't give me any of that #$%^@hit that they did it first. One either abides by the rules or you don't.<br />
The GC covers prisoners - not war dead. We showed them so the ROW would have proof they were dead and hopefully to get the remaining holdouts to give up or flee.<br /><br />
SS Mayfloat...."it makes you mad when someone questions our leadership". I though this was the cornerstone of democracy, the right to question, debate and vote for / against depending on your personal convictions.<br />
It is. That doen't mean you can't get ticked off by it. It just means we don't jail or kill decenters. It doesn't mean we don't argue back at them or marginalize them.<br /><br />
Why have a go at Saddam? If there is there any truth in the statistic that the USA consumes 28% of the worlds oil reserves whilst only producing 2% one may be forgiven for question the moral motive and seeing some form of economic one?<br />
I'm sure you know DeBeers controls the world'ss diamond markets. That SA has pipe mines filled with diamonds. That if the market was not controlled by a cartel like DeBeers the value of diamonds would plumet to $1 a karat... so what's your point? People do things all the time for economic reasons - even South Africans. Would you guys have ended apartied if we and the ROW had not cut you guys off economically?<br /><br />
This was not the first such attack in the US. It may come as a surprise that other countries have experienced decades of terrorist activity without any intervention by the US.<br />
Yes but this is the first big attack on us. We are not the world. It is up to the world to deal with its issues and we'll do what we can, when we can to help out. We don't owe the world a darn thing. Our obligations and duties are to our own people first and then the ROW. We are not your parents...<br /><br />
"SOMETIMES MY RIGHTS WILL INFRINGE ON YOUR RIGHTS"<br />When this happens please tell me who is right?<br />
Depends on the context and circumstances .... In general throughout human history, might makes right. That's just the way it has always been and will be in the final analysis....
