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Tankerace -> RE: Presidential Patch or Matrix Elections? (10/30/2004 4:46:40 AM)
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Oh Forranger, while it seems I do have some support in this, I want to ask you a question. earlier, you said :
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Just one question in this context: Why is footage on returning coffins and badly injured soldiers from Iraq systematically suppressed? I know of no other example of such willing (self-)censorship in another free country. Is this a liberal attitude or does it benefit conservatives guessing that their reasons for this war were too weak for the public to support this mounting casualty list?
Here is the answer. Here in America, we don't have to see our brave troops bodies to know they are dying. But we also know this. For every 1 or 2, or 5 or 10 that do give the ultimate sacrifice, then 100, 200, 500, or 1000 Kurds or Iraqis don't have to die. You seem to zero in on the fact that we didn't find tons of WMDs as meaning there was no reason to go into Iraq. What about the fact that Saddam was using the Oil-for-Food program to rebuild his capacity to build WMDs? What about the fact that documents have revealed that as soon as the sanctions were lifted he was going to build WMDs? I don't know how it is in Switzerland, where no one really gives a thought about your country, let alone wanting to kill anyone in it. But here in America, where someone you don't even know half way around the globe wants to kill you, kill your family, and destroy your way of life, you want to get the bombs before they can be used, or better yet stop them from being made.
If that is not good enough, what about all the murdered Iraqis? You claim you are a news editor. I am sure then you saw the videos of the mass graves, the murdered women, the tortured children, and the gassed kurds. Did not their dying in the hundreds curdle your stomach? Thanks to America, they don't have to wonder each day "Do I die today." Children can go to school. They can see doctors. They can live.
People talk of the injustices at Guantanamo Bay. I have a friend who's father works there. Those priosners eat more, get better health care, and generally lead better lives than what they ever did in Iraq or Afganistan. Now, lets look at what happens to American POWs. They are killed. They are beheaded. Or, in the case of Pvt. Jessica Lynch, they are raped. And you sir, have the gaul to insult Americans? You from the country that in the 1940's took kickbacks from the Nazis? I respect your opinions. But sometimes, you make me sick sir.
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So my question to you: How do you cope with the fact that the arsenal of weapons of mass distruction in Iraq has turned out to be non-existent? And do you still believe that there was a link between Saddam and Al Qaida and 9/11? Are you happy with how things turned out in Iraq after the military victory? Do you really think this has lead to more sympathy towards the US in the potential pool of terrorists? If not, how can you still support Bush with his war on terror strategy?
See my things earlier in theis post reagarding the WMDs. I do believe there was a link between Saddam and Al Qaida. And, even if there wasn't, they were still terrorism. We don't want the Terrorists sympathy, Mr. Forranger. We want them to give up terrorism, and lead peaceful lives. Am I happy with how things turned out? Not totally. I didn't expect Iraq to be so chalk full of terrorists as it is. But, I suppose that in itself reinforces my beliefs. The fact that all these terrorist groups in Iraq prove there had to be a link of some kind. But I am happy about the fact that many Iraqi men, women, and children don't have to live in a perpetual state of fear from the regime in power.
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