03-29-2003, 07:14 AM | #501 |
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Since I'm always warning against making snap judgements this may be going out on a limb, but...
Doesn't it seem awfully convenient for Saddam that the two 'off-target' bombings in Baghdad just happened to be in crowded marketplaces? Makes for very provocative media coverage- has anyone seen anything about what kind of neighborhoods they were- Shiite, maybe?
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03-29-2003, 10:37 AM | #502 |
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They were Shiite areas. I've heard they were errant (or not so errant?) Iraqi air defense munitions, but not for certain. I certainly wouldn't put it past Saddam.
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We have always admitted in the past if we accidently hit a civilian target - I don't think this would be any different. Anyone who has seen the Iraqi press conferences can see that they are lying straight through their teeth on most things.
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I just wrote the following letter to this assistant professor who supports the death of our troops in Iraq as he sits in his ivory tower.
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03-29-2003, 06:47 PM | #506 |
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What makes you think I want to support the deaths of the US army?!
Edited: See my comments below. I said some things in this post that violate entmoot policy. I apologise.
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By the way - I do recall you declaring in your sig the death to the people in the Bush Adminstration.
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It's gettin' more like a UN meeting in here every day.....
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03-29-2003, 06:57 PM | #509 | |
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03-29-2003, 07:03 PM | #510 | |
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Shame this thread doesn't have the same atmosphere as the old Iraq thread EDIT: Edited because BoP edited her post, therefore the text that I edited had no relavance to BoP's previous post, that was edited, leaving the quote (that I quoted, and subsequently edited) making no sense wotsoever. I need sleeeeeppp....... Last edited by Coney : 03-29-2003 at 07:29 PM. |
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03-29-2003, 07:03 PM | #511 | |
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As for my sig: it was meant in jest, as I believe I explained to Dunedain. (David Letterman's parody of Osama Bin Laden video's with"Oh yes, and death to America") I took it out because I was asked to by SGH, so I did. By putting it up, I was only aligning myself against George Bush. It did not mean that I actually wanted the man dead. However, I guess a sense of irony is not one of your strongest points, eh? Anyway, something said in jest does not mean that I support the wholesale slaughter of American Troops. I want them to come home safely as much as the next person. I'm deeply hurt that you would think that I would want such a thing, JD.
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By the way - we're not doing wholesale slaughter. We are workign very hard to NOT injure or kill civilians. Hussein has been freely practicing wholesale slaughter and torture for years though. The world seems perfectly happy to let that continue though. But then I guess that's because it's not the "big bad United States". Quote:
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Too many peaceniks are way to happy to point the finger at America every chance they get - but take no action against the real atrocities in this world - and frankly - I'm tired of it.
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03-29-2003, 08:05 PM | #513 |
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I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this, but I just want to show off the lovely letter to the editor my mother sent to the Boston Globe. (She has since recieved 2 anonymous phone calls and a bunch of emails praising her for it.) I wanted to put it somewhere, since I liked it very much.
Mom's letter to the editor.
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03-29-2003, 08:48 PM | #514 |
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It really doesn't matter what I think. The war is happening. There is nothing I can do to affect anything that goes on over there, so... I will hope we win this war as quickly as possible, and leave it at that. I personally don't see any reason for America to try to win a "popularity contest". The chips will fall where they may.
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03-30-2003, 05:36 AM | #515 |
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How the chips fall matter, I think what people should really be doing is pressuring the U.S to nation-build responsibly. I have nothing against nation-building-but it has to be done right, with domestic cooperation, a long term commitment, good stable funding, and no corporate handouts. That's the real issue.
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03-30-2003, 08:15 AM | #516 |
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Hey, it's starting to look like there are more U.S. generals involved in the assault on Rumsfeld than the assault on Baghdad.
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03-30-2003, 09:56 AM | #518 |
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Yes Grey Mouser, I ve heard of 9/11. What does 9/11 have to do with popularity? I have my feelings of right and wrong. I do not need someone else's "sympathy" or condonation of anger to justify them. For me, the choice between Saddam Hussien's torture style dictatorship and western democracy is an easy one to make. I am tired of all the endless "mud slinging". Politicians are deciding the actions here, I have better things to do than debate back and forth "who's the biggest jerk". If I don't care for the course of action things are taking, I'll show my dissapproval at the voting booth. Getting in a flame war doesn't help much. (for me) As an American, I'm am tired of hearing about "evil America" when Saddam's decades of torment and torture speak louder than words. (To me)
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The effect of doing what the Anti-War protesters plea for
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However - the lack of war does not mean there is peace. Atrocities will continue and thousands of people will continue to die as long as Hussein is in power. But as always - I haven't heard any demonstrators speak out against Hussein.
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