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| Tue, 08-31-2004 - 9:58am |
I read your post (or should I say article!) on Bush's half-truths and non-truths, it was very interesting. A couple of thoughts:
How can you have a war on terror? It's not a country. It's not a race, nor a gender. It's a feeling!!! 9/11 was horribly wrong, but it was far from unprecedented. Here in the UK, we've been dealing with terrorism for a very long time, specifically from the IRA and other groups like it. But we didn't go and bomb the sh*t out of Australia because they had tenuous links to Ireland! This is not to say that we should be lenient on terrorists. But the vast majority of Iraqis who are now dead were not terrorists. If the minds behind 9/11 could be found, I'd gleefully pull the trigger myself, but why are we killing people with no connection whatsoever to that atrocity?
The idea of Bush and Blair sitting together praying gives me shivers. Separation of Church and State, people! Isn't that what your Constitution says?
Both of them have been proved to be liars, and to have taken our countries and our young men and women into war on completely fabricated grounds. I confess, I'm glad the Taliban are no longer in power in Afghanistan, but it's the height of idiocy to believe that we went into Iraq for any other primary reason than OIL!


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Perhaps they are just biding thier time until America's resources are stretched to the limit before making thier move. Another thing this Iraq war has done is give America's enemies a good idea of precisely where their weaknesses lie.
Imagine what this $100B spent in Iraq could have done if used more intelligently in combatting the international networks of terrorist cells. Imagine what the overwhelming support the world had for America after 9/11 would have to done to ensure international cooperation in working together to rid the world of terrorism?
Glad to see that you found the little flag icon....looks good on you ;o)
I can't speak to his character since I
Another poster to this site actually said to me that the day her country had to seek approval from the United Nations would be the saddest day in US history. These viewpoints filter down from the top of the pile, and are incredibly detrimental to your country's international standing.
Please don't judge us all by the few (including our president). This is so arrogant and so ignorant to say and so embarassing. We don't all feel that way, believe me!
Donna
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It's no secret that Saddam has also been a burr in Britain's side (he is a dispicable man). We also can't forget the long and complicated history shared by British foreign policiy and the problems currently in Iraq. Britain has it's own dirty laundry and mistakes to atone for when it comes to Iraq.
Edited 9/1/2004 11:00 am ET ET by suemox
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